Chapter 2 Summary

Precious thinks Farrakhan is a real man. She believes Farrakhan would say Carl rapes her because he was oppressed by white men. Carl leaves for years after he finds out about Little Mongo. Precious says she feels stupid, like Little Mongo.

Precious is almost late to her first day of school because she has been in bed for two hours, daydreaming. She shoves ham into tinfoil and runs out the door because she does not have time to stop at McDonald's for breakfast.

She thinks about kindergarten and first grade, when the kids laughed at the way she talked. Eventually, she moves to the back of the class and stops talking. She starts getting molested in second grade and starts gaining weight, giving kids another reason to make fun of her. A teacher tries to help her, but the principal tells her to...