Ashleigh Cox Keith Fagan World History 18 December 2014 Pocahontas: A Native American Figure Throughout history there have been many great historical figures. A historical figure is someone who will forever be remembered for their great achievements or bravery. Many historical figures have faced many obstacles which they have had to overcome. One such figure was Pocahontas. She was a Native American woman who lived an extraordinary life. Pocahontas‚ the Native American princess‚ experienced many things
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Disney’s Pocahontas has a storyline‚ which disregards many elements from the actual history. Disney is also known to apply its own values‚ morals and themes to existing materials. This tendency can be further analyzed when we look deep into what exactly has been “Disneyficated” in the story of Pocahontas. Pochahontas’ Americanized image‚ “sanitizing” of Pochahontas’ age-controversial relationship with John Smith and the exceptional display of non-submissive female traits. Native Americans have
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Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated romantic drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. The film is inspired by the known history and folklore surrounding the Native American woman Pocahontas. It depicts a dramatic recount of her encounter with the Englishman John Smith and the Jamestown settlers who arrived from the Virginia Company. The film was a commercial success but found some opposed the film’s historical relevance and story. The overall message of Pocahontas is that the European
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While popular and widely watched the movie Pocahontas is an innaccurate portrail of a signifigant historical event. The Disney Corporation is not known for it’s accurate portrails of historical events and when producing the animated film Pocahontas‚ Disney did not fail in it’s nonchalant attitude concerning historic fact. Cartoonists at disney must have been watching adult films when they first penciled out the figures of Pocahontas and John Smith. The young Indian princess was only twelve
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Manuel Amado Professor Andrea Klimt SOA 344-02 Cultures of Memory Pocahontas There are always many sides of the story. People always tend to recreate their own story. Disney has been part of many childhoods. As I remember every kid wanted to be a prince or princess like the character of a Disney movie they watched. Disney was part of my childhood‚ it made me laugh‚ brought joy‚ sadness and memories I can never forget. When a Disney movie was on TV‚ I could not take my eyes off it. I had a set schedule
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AMERICAN ART PROJECT Sharon Moore HIUS 221-B42 FEBUARUY 24‚ 2014 BAPTISM OF POCAHONTAS JOHN GADSBY CHAPMAN ARTIST The Baptism of Pocahontas is oil on canvas painting that was painted by John Gadsby Chapman .The painting was commissioned in 1837 and was delivered to the U.S. Capital and hung in Rotunda in November of 1840. John Gadsby Chapman is trying to portray a defining event in Pocahontas’s life which was her entry into the Christian faith. The feelings John Gadsby Chapman was trying to
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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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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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