Chapter 3 Summary

On January 15, 1988, Precious has her son, Abdul Jamal Louis Jones. Abdul means servant of God and Louis is for Farrakhan. Precious says her name means something valuable, but Claireece is someone else's name.

Precious tells the social worker that Little Mongo does not live with her so Mary gets kicked off aid. All Precious thinks about in the hospital is school. She doesn't let anyone know she had a birthday in November. She is not sure how she feels about the baby. She thinks he is pretty, but knows he is a product of rape.

Precious writes to Ms. Rain while she is in the hospital. She talks about being raped by Carl. Ms. Ran tells her to remember to put the date on her journals and suggests that she give Abdul up. Precious says Abdul is everything. Ms. Rain counters by saying...