Precious

After watching the film Precious my heart broke. This was a great film and even though I didn’t get to finish it I think it was amazing. Precious had to go through so much at such a young age and even got kicked out of school for something that she had no control over. Her father was the one that did that to her and why was she the one that had to suffer? Her life was so sad having to deal with a mother that honestly was not really a mother. She didn’t want Precious to go to school because it would affect her benefits that she was receiving and to me that is one of the saddest things a parent could do to their child. Her mother would tell her things that no one should ever have to hear especially from someone that gave life to them. But Precious didn’t listen to her mother and went to the school. What I really admired about Precious was how even though she was going through so much in her life she still found places in her mind where she could daydream about being a star and having a light skinned boyfriend; it was her own little safe haven which the school also was too. Her second child was her happiness and even though she knew that she could barely support herself that it was going to be difficult supporting another human being that needed her but she still tried her hardest. Overall I really enjoyed this film and I just have to finish it as well as read the book.

To Kill a Mockingbird

 I remember reading this book when I was going into junior year and really enjoy it because I thought it was just extremely interesting and I was very into the whole book. I remember not being able to put it down and really enjoying when I had to write the journals for the summer work that we had to do for Feldman. The movie I thought was just as good as the book. We all get know the feeling we get when we hear that a book that we enjoy is going to be turned into a film because it could either go one of two way; turn out to be nothing like the book or staying pretty true to what the book was trying to show. To me I feel like to kill a mockingbird stay really turn to the novel. I felt as if I was watching the book. I could relate to scouts character because I was just like her when I was a little girl. When I was watching the film I felt as though I was watching the way I used to act as a child. I really enjoyed how the movie started off with all the close ups of the effects and the hand drawing I thought that it added to the film stylistically. Overall it was a great film and I enjoyed watching it. Though I didn’t get to watch the rest of the film because I was absent the day that we finished it I still really enjoyed the film and would make sure that I finish it because though I did read the book I don’t really remember what happens at the end. I read it all the way through but I don’t remember what happens at the end.