I have been reading Precious by Sapphire. I am almost to chapter two and I am already drawn in, Claireece Precious Jones (Precious) Is a large African American 16 year old girl who lives in the ghetto of Harlem. She has been raped by her father since she could ever remember, when she was twelve years old her father got her pregnant. Her baby was born with down syndrome, Precious, showing her ignorance says "My daughter got Down Sinder. She's retarded." When her daughter was born she was very emotional about it, she didn't want it. Her mother beats her often and when she does Precious describes it as "I felt pain again." I really like this book, it is drama filled and challenging to understand because of the slang in the text. I think that maybe the author went through the same thing or knew someone who did. In depth it shows how bad the ghetto really is and shows how bad people's lives in America can be. I think the author wants us to think about acceptance, because Precious hasn't been accepted by anyone yet and I think that later in the book she will find someone to accept her or she will learn to accept herself or her babies. Precious hasn't made much change in her character yet but right now she is a very angry person, she is rude and not willing to learn. I wonder how far she will come with finding herself and if she does learn to accept herself and her children