Push

When I first started reading this book it kind of dragged. I wasn't really sure what I was in for, and was startled at the grammar but I started to put the picture together as I read on. This was one of those books that when you read the first couple chapters you start to get an idea of what might happen and what the overall moral of the story is. I'm not gonna lie certain parts of this book made my stomach do flips, but nonetheless this is whats keeping my attention (haven't finish it yet). In this blog I wanted to talk about the title "Push" and its significance. I think that it is a perfect title for the book, and my interpretation of it. (in my own opinion) The title signifies the struggle of Claireece Precious Jones to essentially learn and depart from her home life and poor role modeling that was instituted by her parents. Her father raped her frequently and got her pregnant, her mother used her to please her sexual desires, and abused her. In the beginning of the book it seems as though Precious' desire to learn wasn't there. But you can start to see her change, and eventually start to push herself not only to learn school wise, but to learn right from wrong something that she was not familiar with. "Miz Rain" is a determined teacher in the book who wants to see her succeed, and pushes her to do her best. The title "Push" signifies a push of precious' self to do better, and push from her determined teacher.