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Pocahontas Pros And Cons
The issue in Disney’s Pocahontas Movie is that there are arguments of whether the movie is responsible, accurate, and respectful or not. In my opinion I have different point of views in this argument. I think the movie made the storyline different for the entertainment of younger viewers. I also believe that the movie isn’t accurate or respectful, but I do believe it is fair. I also think that the movie exaggerated too much and there was several information that wasn’t true. There is as well some pros along with some cons. The movie also did a good job portraying all of the spirituals and how the Native Americans lived. The pros that are in the movie Pocahontas in my opinion is that it shows a fair amount of true information and it shows how it used to be like in Jamestown, Virginia. Another pro is that the movie showed the Native American’s opinions fairly and didn’t change the whole plot of the Native Americans. In Pocahontas it also portrayed the Native American’s Spirituals and their traits. There is also more pros for example it didn’t completely change the storyline of what actually happened in real life. The last pro that there is in my opinion is that it is entertaining and shows important things that actually happened, like …show more content…
People that watched the movie could have also gotten misinterpreted that there was no evidence of love affair between Pocahontas and John Smith. The movie could confuse people that they did have love affair and that can affect people into thinking that they did we there was no evidence. In Pocahontas there was also a lot of events that happened that was inaccurate, and might portray differently how people thought about both the Englishmen and the Native Americans. That is why I think the movie is not respectful nor
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