Push

In the book Push by Sapphire, Precious has a very hard life. Precious is an obese, pregnant with her second child by her father,dumb, 16 year old who hates life. Through out the book she learns very important lessons. Sh learns to stand up for herself, to do what she loves, and to live her own life. The main theme in the book istkaing charge of ypur life leads to many positive things.

One example you have to take charge of your life is Precious gets sexually abused, hurt, and pushed around at the beginning of the book. She's been told and treated she's worthless so she believes it. She is 16 but in the 8th grade. She finally decides to start to go to a school where she first takes a pre-GED class then will later on take GED class. She meets people who change her life such as her teacher, Ms.Rain, and her friends.She learns to read and write, and starts to write poetry. She learns to have a real relationship with someone.Taking charge of your life leads to many good things.

Another example how taking charge of your life leads to good things, is when Precious finally leaves her house. She leaves her abusive mother and father, her mother stops getting money for her and kids and she goes to live in a half-way house. Everything is going uphill for her. Whent she decided to take charge and move out and leave all the bad things behind so many new options opened up for her.

Taking charge of life leads to something good. Precious had a horrible life and with one decision everything turned around. Push gives many good lessons but the real theme of the book is taking charge of your life leads to many good things.