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| “ | School ain't gonna help none. Take your ass down to the welfare! Who the f*** she thinks she is?! So I guess you think you cute now, right?! ol' uppity bitch! You should've kept yo f***in' mouth shut! Just because he gon' give you more children than he gave me, you think you're something f***in' special?! F*** you and f*** him! | „ |
| ~ Mary Jones lashing out at Precious over her pathetic obsession with her faithless boyfriend Carl. |
| “ | See, I think right now, you feeling like you're becomin' a grown woman. 'Cause that s**t you pulled in the kitchen... I shoulda f***ed you up. But I let you walk away. And I let you get yourself together. But, bitch, I'mma let you know, if you ever pull that s**t again, that'll be your last mothaf***in' day standing. I promise you that. You gon' send a white bitch to my mothaf***in' buzzer? Talkin' 'bout some higher education? You're a dummy, bitch! You will never know s**t! Don't nobody want you, don't nobody need you! You done f***ed around and fucked my mothaf***in' man? And had two mothaf***in' children? And one of 'ems a goddamn animal, runnin' 'round lookin' crazy as a mothaf***a? Bitch, you know what? See, I think you... I think you tryin' me. I think you tryin' to f*** with me. You f***in' with my money... and you gon' stand up there and look at me like you a mothaf***in' woman? I'mma show you what real women do, bitch. See, you don't know what real mothaf***in' women do. Real mothaf***in' women sacrafice! I shoulda aborted your mothaf***in' ass! 'Cause you ain't s**t! I knew it when the doctor put you in my goddamn hand you wasn't a goddamn thing and you have that smirk on your face, bitch? Get it off your f*cking face! [throws a vase at Precious] Now smile about that! Smile about that, you fat bitch! | „ |
| ~ Mary berating and abusing Precious (especially over her obsessed longing for her incestuous rapist boyfriend Carl and her welfare fraud among other things). |
Mary Lee Johnston is the main antagonist of the 1996 book Push by Sapphire, and the 2009 film adaptation Precious, based on the book. She is also briefly mentioned in the 2011 novel sequel The Kid. She is the mother of the titular main protagonist Claireece "Precious" Jones.
She was portrayed by actress Mo'Nique, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the role.
Personality[]
Mary is the cruel, narcissistic mother of the novel's main character, Precious, whom she subjects to constant verbal, physical and sexual abuse. She turns a blind eye to the sexual abuse Precious suffers at the hands of her father, Carl Jones, because she resents Precious for "stealin' her man". She also berates her grandchildren, the product of Carl's sexual abuse, especially the older one, a girl with Down syndrome called "Mongo" (short for "mongoloid"). She views Precious and her grandchildren as mere pawns to be used to get more money from the welfare system for her own benefit.
Biography[]
In 1987, Precious is 16 years old, illiterate, pregnant for the second time (once again with her own father's child), and still attending junior high. The principal, Mrs. Sonya Lichtenstein, is concerned about Precious' poor performance in school. She wants to move Precious to an alternative school. Mrs. Lichtenstein wants to meet with Mary, but Precious does not want her to.
Precious is seen at home, washing dishes for her mother. Mary asks Precious if she bought her cigarettes. Precious says she didn't because there weren't any in the store. Mary then responds by throwing a heavy pan at Precious, knocking her out. While unconscious, Precious relives the second time her father raped her, then has an elaborate fantasy sequence of being an actress on the red carpet at a movie premiere, where suddenly it starts to rain. When Precious awakens, she realizes the rain is actually Mary throwing a pot of water on her face to revive her.
Precious is cooking dinner when Mrs. Lichtenstein comes to visit. Mrs. Lichtenstein tells Mary about the alternative school she wants to place Precious in. When the principal leaves, Mary gives in to rage and starts verbally abusing Precious and calling her any inappropriate names, blaming her for bringing "that white bitch" over. She claims that visitors will interfere with her welfare checks.
As Mary gets angrier, her complaints get worse. Mary screams that school is useless for Precious, makes fun of Precious' weight problem (despite being quite heavy herself), and even states that Precious should have been aborted. Precious angrily throws a shoe downstairs, landing near Mary. Mary responds by chasing Precious to her room and beating her.
Precious attends the alternative school with her teacher. She has her ups and downs there. (One "down" involves a flashback of Mary calling Precious "a dumb bitch".)
But this does not please Mary. Mary opposes the idea of Precious attending the alternative school. Then she demands that her daughter cook for her. Precious cooks a meal of pigs' feet.
However, she forgot to make collard greens. Mary is furious, and she forces Precious to eat the meal, claiming Precious "f***ed it up". Precious is not hungry, but she ends up eating the meal. While eating the pigs' feet and watching an old Italian film with Mary, Precious sees herself in the movie with her mother taunting her with "mangia, puttana".
Soon after, Precious goes to the welfare office. She meets a social worker named Mrs. Weiss. Precious tells her about her daughter Mongo. This involves a scene with Mary pretending to be nice to Mongo in front of a visiting social worker from welfare, only to be mean to her afterwards, especially in the eyes of Precious' visiting maternal grandmother Tootsie who fears and even hated her daughter Mary.
Mary catches Precious trying to give the candy back to Mongo, but refuses her to give her back the candy and orders her to put it back on the floor. Mary arrogantly thinks Precious and Mongo are stupid and not perfect. Precious then reveals that her father impregnated her twice. She also reveals that she delivered Mongo while lying on the floor as Mary was kicking her on the head.
There are also implications that Mary herself had molested Precious.
The alternative school is having a good effect on Precious. On a class trip to the museum, Precious realizes that she wants to teach her babies, and that she will keep the undelivered baby. Eventually, Precious goes into labor and delivers her second child, Abdul.
Precious brings Abdul home to Mary. This time Mary has had it with Precious. Mary asks to hold Abdul, but then throws him on the floor and throws a glass at Precious and hurts her. Because Precious exposed her wrongdoing, resulting in her welfare being cut off, Mary accuses Precious of ruining her life, and the two fight.
Precious decides to run away with Abdul. In the process, Mary throws a TV set at them, which the two avoid. Once Precious and Abdul are gone, Mary returns to her home. When she tries to turn the TV on, she remembers that it's gone. Not long afterwards, Mary tears up Precious' room.
Precious ends up in a halfway house. Her literacy has improved dramatically, and she is rewarded for it. One day, Mary visits Precious and tells her that Carl has died of AIDS. Precious fears that she and Abdul might have come down with the HIV virus.
Precious gets tested for the virus. While Abdul is fine, Precious finds out she is HIV positive.
Mary and Precious meet one last time with Mrs. Weiss. Mary reveals that Carl molested Precious numerous times since she was only 3 years old and that she blames Precious for him leaving. The reason for Precious' antagonistic relationship with her mother was her mom being jealous that her husband would rather have sex with his daughter than with her. In her mother's eyes, Precious was stealing him away from her.
Mary expresses unapologetic interest in reuniting the family, including Mongo. Precious refuses and decides to take her kids and leave Mary forever, Mary begs Ms. Weiss to help her get Precious back but Ms. Weiss ignores her and leaves her without saying a word. Once Precious leaves, Mary never sees her again.
Mary appears one last time in the sequel The Kid. Precious has died of AIDS several years after being diagnosed. Not long after Precious' funeral, Mary dies as well.