Precious, a film based on the book Push written by Sapphire, is an interesting film directed by Lee Daniels. Precious can be easily analyzed using basic theories of motivation and emotion in psychology. The film is about Claireece "Precious" Jones and how she becomes a strong, independent woman after breaking the curse of physical and sexual abuse she has endured since she was three months old. At first, Precious suffers physical and verbal abuse from her mother. Additionally, Precious was raped multiple times by her father and impregnated twice. After being kicked out of school for being pregnant, Precious willingly joins the alternative school Each One Teach One so she can improve her reading and writing skills and ultimately care for her two children. After some advice from her teacher, Ms. Blu Rain, Precious begins to feel confident and begins to love herself and others around her. Many behaviors in the film can be easily explained by biological needs, psychosocial needs, and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. There are many biological needs that a person has. Usually these are things that push species to do something to survive. Most importantly, since Precious is pregnant, she must have food, water, oxygen, sleep, and avoid pain. At one point in the film, when Precious' mother doesn't want to give her money to buy food, Precious walks into a restaurant, orders chicken wings, and runs out without paying. Precious was very hungry and her biological need for food and water drove her to do this. Precious has always suffered mental abuse from her mother, Mary. However, after giving birth to her second child, she began to defend herself from her mother to avoid pain. These are just...half of a sheet of paper....... Precious was finally proud of herself for doing well in school. Furthermore, his friends, his teacher and his social worker recognized his efforts: these were some of his needs for external esteem. Ultimately, at the end of the film, it can be argued that she has self-realized, although this stage can never be satisfied because as one grows psychologically there are always new opportunities to continue growing. However, for the time being, she was happy and free from her mother. Precious is truly an inspiring film. It makes the viewer sympathize and empathize with Precious, the main character. Even though Precious' story is uncommon, she is still like any other human being when it comes to her psychology. In my opinion, Precious was a great film to analyze and connect to psychology, especially emotional and motivational psychology.