Preciousness

Preciousness Preciousness is a story that goes beyond the struggles of a teen-aged girl’s life, but it also portrays themes of basic life. Themes like, “letting go” and “cultural differences” apply to almost all people in one way or another. For that reason, Preciousness is not just a story about a young girl’s life, but it’s a story about all of our lives. Throughout the story, the reader is presented with a series of conflicts the girl faces. Her main problem was that she had a problem with men and boys. She felt that they were evil and only wanted one thing. I feel that she lived in her own world, where she made all the rules. “...she swallowed her coffee which the maid, scratching herself in the gloom of the kitchen, had reheated. She scarcely touched the bread which the butter failed to soften.”1 This was extremely unhealthy for her, physically and mentally. Not eating healthily will make a person weak and can lead to many diseases. She did this to have men and boys avoid her, which was also unhealthy. Man or woman, one cannot avoid life and its people. I don’t feel it is possible to be psychologically life, men, girl, about, story, people, one, boys, fear, changed, woman, way, through, reality, person, main, knew, it’s, girl’s, didn’t, certain, avoid, themes, shoes, process, problem, preciousness, much, made, lives, just, group, go, feel, face, everyone, don’t, done, bubble, being, accepting, young, world, until, unhealthy, two, truth, trust, true, think, things