Abdul

As an adult, Abdul will not have the emotional and physical scars that Precious had and will supercede his parents. He did not grow up in a child-friendly environment and was not always perfectly cared for for the first few years of his life but he will not have as many mental road blocks that Precious had as a result of constant abuse and terrorization which kept her from living up to her dreams.  One day Abdul will know the truth about who his father is and will be forced to experience his mother’s death at a very young age but at that point, Precious will have most likely pushed him through school with exceptional grades and he will have more than his parents and grandparents ever had. However, if it weren’t for the Each One Teach One program that Precious attended, she would not have the same attitude about life and, as a result, restricted Abdul’s chance of escaping from a lineage of abuse. Instead of having Precious’ full attention and expectations, Abdul would only have been used to collect welfare and would probably experience everything Precious did as a child, including his father/grandfather’s abuse. After thinking this life was normal, he would continue being illiterate and would be another statistic that slipped through the cracks in Harlem. Precious is now smart enough to protect him from everything she experienced and her pride and happiness will help him succeed in life and inspire him to do anything he dreams.