Pocahontas: Legend vs. Reality The stories of Disney’s Pocahontas and the real Pocahontas are not the same. The movie is mainly accurate: It captures the spirit of Pocahontas‚ her people and the early days of Jamestown. Both Pocahontas and John Smith were young when they met‚ although in real life‚ Pocahontas was 11 and John Smith was 28. When John Smith first came to the New World‚ in the Disney movie he started scouting around right away‚ and was captured when he ventured out alone at
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The story of Pocahontas‚ recorded by John Smith himself‚ explains how Smith was captured while exploring the upper Chickahominy River. Smith had participated in a series of rituals that involved dancing‚ singing‚ and yelling. Smith had not been treated as a prisoner‚ as the king of Rasawek‚ Opechancanough‚ had feasted with him. After feasting with him‚ he was taken later and introduced to Powhatan. Here‚ another ceremony had been held. Smith had explained it as being a determination of his intent
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POCAHONTAS AND THE MYTHICAL INDIAN WOMAN: REFORMING THE IMAGE THROUGH NATIVE AMERICAN FICTION Pocahontas. Americans know her as the beautiful‚ Indian woman who fell in love with the white settler John Smith and then threw her body upon the poor white captive to protect him from being brutally executed by her own savage tribe. The magical world of Walt Disney came out with their own movie version several years ago portraying Pocahontas as a tan‚ sexy Barbie doll figure and John Smith as a blond-haired
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In this day and age‚ many are led to believe that Pocahontas was a beautiful‚ mature woman who saved John Smith’s life and married him out of pure munificence and love. A good amount would be surprised if they were told otherwise. In the movie‚ Pocahontas was portrayed as a beautiful‚ mature woman at the time of her marriage with John Smith. However‚ she was married to John Rolfe at a very young age. Disney’s Pocahontas certainly did not help the cause of correctly informing the children and adults
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history of Pocahontas and how she became such an important aspect to the English and the Powhatan Indians. I would also like to grasp a better understanding on how the Algonquin princess is transformed into an English man’s wife and goes into English Custody. This paper has reviews of articles by Gary Dyer‚ Frederic W. Gleach‚ Michael Tratner‚ and Jay Hansford C. Vest. Cleveland State University‚ English department member‚ Gary Dyer‚ wrote the article‚ “The Transatlantic Pocahontas.” Dyer expresses
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between Pocahontas and Smith‚ Price concludes that they were not romantically involved. What‚ then‚ do you think motivated Pocahontas to save Smith’s life and later warn him of an impending attack from her own people? Why was she offended when Smith offered her beads and other gifts for her warnings? 4. Who was John Rolfe? Describe the doubts and desires he had when he first met Pocahontas. What were your impressions of wedding ceremonies and traditions in colonial Virginia? Pocahontas admire
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Pocahontas The American tradition of telling exaggerated stories is one that has become simpler as television and movies integrated into American lives. With a television set in almost every household‚ a story can be told and passed down through generations and can in many ways uphold ideals throughout history. Now we can take a century old story and reimagine it through motion pictures. Although most of America’s early history is limited one of the most famous stories concerning the new world are
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Pocahontas; Reel vs Real The Disney version of Pocahontas and the real story have many differences such as the romance‚ Pocahontas’ personality‚ and how the story ended. Disney has romanticized the tragic story of Pocahontas into not one‚ but two cartoons‚ with a target audience of children. And with deeply embedded messages into the plot of love and strength‚ many differences surface‚ showing off Disney’s ability to make a story of war‚ captives‚ and death a happy tale for children to enjoy. In
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Disney’s Pocahontas is supposed to be based off of history‚ but Disney fails horribly. They had the money and the resources that they needed to invent the film closer to the actual recreation of history. The company’s drive of greed lead them to produce Pocahontas as “reel” history instead of real history. There tends to be only one reason why Pocahontas ended up being created as “reel” history and that is greed. When viewing any film that’s foreseen as portraying history viewers need to be aware
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The Truth and Myths of Pocahontas Pocahontas is a character in a film with the same name that debuted in 1995 and won many accolades for observation of American Indian cultural heritage‚ and originality. In the film‚ Pocahontas plays the lead role‚ a high-spirited young woman that encounters English settlers and proceeds to act as the bridge between them and her own world. In the process of creating a story whether fictional or real‚ aspects of reality are normally inserted. This may be purely for
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