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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Disney Company released the animated feature “Pocahontas” in the summer of my 20th year‚ I had to see it. At the time‚ I thought I had hit the jackpot with this movie. “An American legend comes to life” is the tagline to get viewers interested in this movie. [1] A heroin‚ whom was a beautiful Indian and a love story‚ who could ask for more from a Disney movie‚ I thought to myself. Now‚ being ignorant of the true facts about the Indian woman Pocahontas and even about Indian culture and history itself
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novel‚ Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma‚ author‚ Camilla Townsend‚ a history professor at Colgate University has investigated through many written records from the seventeenth-century. During this time in history many things were written down in journals‚ maps were created and artifacts such as agricultural tool and body remains were left behind. Through these primary sources Townsend has written a biography that focuses on the life of America’s most influential female Indian‚ Pocahontas and some
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first glance shows the real Pocahontas vs. Disney’s interpretation of the individual. Disney’s version of Pocahontas is showing her as a very empowering indigenous person. This appearance would be then spread across the globe because of globalization. Source one also shows Disney’s Pocahontas very glamified and perfect. She is seen visually as a strong individual vs. just being a strong individual. The true Pocahontas is distinguished as regular being. The real Pocahontas would be less empowering by
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An English diplomat‚ England’s main tobacco producer‚ and the husband of Matoaka (Pocahontas)‚ who was none other than John Rolfe. A time when the New World was discovered‚ in 1609‚ his journey set sailed from England to Virginia. Rolfe traveled on the ship‚ Sea Venture‚ as part of a new charter for the organization The Virginia Company. While en route‚ a hurricane wrecked the ship on the Caribbean in the West Indies; this caused him to be stranded from 1609 to 1611. There‚ Rolfe discovered the
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The Grinch Who Stole Pocahontas For a time‚ one of my younger sisters and I were homeschooled by the same teacher‚ whom my parents had hired so they could both work. This particular sister is barely two years younger than me‚ which was a significant issue when we were that age. The age difference caused more than a few precarious situations for us. I was in elementary school‚ and at that time everyone treated us like we were the same age; a great injustice to me‚ the already much forgotten middle
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relationship between Pocahontas and John Rolfe was romantic‚ or merely convenient. Throughout the poem‚ the tone reveals a sense of resentment from Pocahontas towards her husband as she explains how she taught him a way of life in the land he was unfamiliar with. Pocahontas stated that she saved her husband thousands of times because he was naïve and had no knowledge about survival in the new land he had come to take over. Context clues provide readers with the notion that Pocahontas ultimately sacrificed
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While watching the Disney movie Pocahontas I have discovered there were some major differences between the movie and John Smith’s “The General Historie.” It can be easily assumed that many people have heard of the tale Pocahontas which is a movie about a mysterious young native girl from the New World who rescues an English explorer who goes by the name of John Smith‚ from death and falls in love with him. No matter which version we all may have heard‚ most people are familiar with the legend that
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