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Disney's Portrayal Of The Pocahontas Story
Disney’s portrayal of 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 10, wore cloth that barely covered her body moreover her name wasn't Pocahontas. In an article by MR Reese he states all of the false facts about the film Pocahontas starting off by her childhood and until her engagement with
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