Writing Assignment #1: The Cultural Construction of the Idea of Progress Film chosen: Pocahontas One of Walt Disney’s most famous films‚ Pocahontas‚ takes place in the 1600s‚ as the British discover parts of the “New World” that are inhabited by native Americans. In this film‚ we are able to contrast the primitive lifestyle and culture of the Native Americans to that of the British‚ and are able to see how the ideas of “progress” or social evolution play a role in the ethnocentric bias held by
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The Disney movie Pocahontas is loved by all and is one of the top grossing Disney movies of all time. However‚ Disney didn’t accurately tell the story. Obviously there were no talking trees or super intelligent animals‚ but does everyone know Pocahontas was only twelve and never had a romance with John Smith? These are common misconceptions people have because the movie is historically incorrect. After reading John Smith’s personal account of what actually happened in “The General History of Virginia”
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Whatever we do to the web‚ we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ” This is a quote said by a Native American chief‚ shows the attitudes of the Native American people as a whole and Pocahontas’ Mattaponi tribe. Disney’s highly acclaimed movie‚ Pocahontas‚ is about a female Indians battle to be with an Englishman named John Smith; even against her tribes culture and traditions. Throughout this story‚ we find that there are huge gaps in the way that the Englishmen and
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Even though the movie Pocahontas had correct information‚ it had errors that were different from reality. Some things were some what correct but not completely accurate. The movie also provides educational information for children. Pocahontas was mainly about an adventurous Indian girl‚ but it included information about english settlers. Pocahontas had a main character as Captain John Smith‚ but in Pocahontas 2‚ the english main character is John Rolfe. There were definitely some correct things
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the Pocahontas story was inaccurate since no one really knows if John Smith was telling the truth or not. Furthermore when enlightening your children with false evidence they are most likely going to go throughout life with that false mentality. In the description of Pocahontas the only truth we know is ”In 1995‚ Disney released an artistically beautiful animated film showing the supposed events that unfolded between John Smith and Pocahontas.” Nowhere in the story does it say that Pocahontas was
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Disney. The real story is raw‚ and it shows you that the English Colonist were not respectively close to being heroes. The True Story of Pocahontas was written by Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow and Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star”. Dr. Linwood‚ the oral historian of the Mattaponi tribe‚ and Angela L.‚ his coauthor‚ decided to be the first to document Pocahontas and her people in this book. For nearly 400 years Pocahontas’s story only lived within the Mattaponi tribe out of fear of a violent retribution
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The man once an English diplomat‚ England’s main tobacco producer‚ and husband of Matoaka (also known as Pocahontas)‚ was none other than John Rolfe. In the time where the New World has been recently discovered‚ in the year of 1609‚ his journey set sailed from England to Jamestown‚ Virginia on the Sea Venture as part of a new charter from the organization of the Virginia Company. The ship‚ however‚ wrecked onto the Caribbean on one of the Bermuda islands from a hurricane. While stranded between
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characters or events. Disney’s 1995 rendition of the story of Pocahontas is the first of the two historically grounded animations; historically based‚ however‚ does not necessarily mean accurate. In this instance‚ the film’s creators plucked a handful of factual events and the names of a handful of people associated with those events. The bulk of Pocahontas was designed with entertainment‚ rather than history‚ as the primary objective. Pocahontas‚ in the form of her Disney counterpart‚ is the daughter
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The English colonists were responsible for the demolition of the Indian culture. In the book‚ Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma‚ we learn about what it is like to be living in the 1600’s but also about the different aspects of Pocahontas’ life growing up. Through out this reading it was clear to see that the Native Americans were not treated fairly in comparison to the English or any other people of a different descent. There are many times that Native American lives were taken for no true cause
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caught in a North Atlantic storm‚ and Smith saves a young‚ inexperienced Thomas from drowning. In the Powhatan Tribe in the New World‚ Pocahontas‚ daughter of Chief Powhatan‚ dreads being possibly wed to Kocoum‚ a brave warrior whom she sees as too "serious" for her spirited personality. Chief Powhatan gives Pocahontas her deceased mother’s necklace as a present. Pocahontas‚ along with her friends‚ the gluttonous raccoon Meeko and hummingbird Flit‚ visit Grandmother Willow‚ a spiritual talking willow tree
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