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Oloyede Emmanuel
Mrs. Bell
AP English Literature and Composition
18 September2014
John Smith’s Credibility as an Author John Smiths writings are not credible. There are too many parts in his recordings that do not make sense that lead me to my decision. The accounts of Pocahontas are a major factor that many say make Smiths works not credible. When John Smith was kidnapped by the King of the Powohatan Tribe, Pocahontas’ dad, they were about to kill him then and there. Side note: they kidnapped Smith just to kill him instead of killing him during the battle between Smiths men and the Native Americans. Why would they spear Smith’s life after they killed all his men? Anyways, right before the King & his men were about to kill him, weapons drawn, this young girl jumps in and shields Smith from the men. “Pocahontas with no appeal or petition got his head in her arms and laid her own upon his o save him from death.” She happened to be the king’s daughter. She was so brave that she risked her own life just to save a stranger that was an enemy in her father’s eyes. But John Smith does not give us any time of reason why Pocahontas did this for him because when Pocahontas covered him they didn’t kill him. Later in the story he records how after he was released, Pocahontas was providing him with food and other things so he wouldn’t starve to death. But yet again Smith doesn’t record why she is doing this for him, making a reader like me suspicious about his credibility. Maybe she had a crush on him but I don’t think they were secretly in love because she was probably too young for him. Throughout Smiths writings in “A General History” & his accounts of Pocahontas, he makes mostly everything seem to not be his fault. He doesn’t tell us or explains to us the wrong decisions he made that lead to his close encounters with death. He makes it seem like he was o innocent. He was proud, arrogant, and boastful, writing in 3rd person about himself, removing himself away from
Mrs. Bell
AP English Literature and Composition
18 September2014
John Smith’s Credibility as an Author John Smiths writings are not credible. There are too many parts in his recordings that do not make sense that lead me to my decision. The accounts of Pocahontas are a major factor that many say make Smiths works not credible. When John Smith was kidnapped by the King of the Powohatan Tribe, Pocahontas’ dad, they were about to kill him then and there. Side note: they kidnapped Smith just to kill him instead of killing him during the battle between Smiths men and the Native Americans. Why would they spear Smith’s life after they killed all his men? Anyways, right before the King & his men were about to kill him, weapons drawn, this young girl jumps in and shields Smith from the men. “Pocahontas with no appeal or petition got his head in her arms and laid her own upon his o save him from death.” She happened to be the king’s daughter. She was so brave that she risked her own life just to save a stranger that was an enemy in her father’s eyes. But John Smith does not give us any time of reason why Pocahontas did this for him because when Pocahontas covered him they didn’t kill him. Later in the story he records how after he was released, Pocahontas was providing him with food and other things so he wouldn’t starve to death. But yet again Smith doesn’t record why she is doing this for him, making a reader like me suspicious about his credibility. Maybe she had a crush on him but I don’t think they were secretly in love because she was probably too young for him. Throughout Smiths writings in “A General History” & his accounts of Pocahontas, he makes mostly everything seem to not be his fault. He doesn’t tell us or explains to us the wrong decisions he made that lead to his close encounters with death. He makes it seem like he was o innocent. He was proud, arrogant, and boastful, writing in 3rd person about himself, removing himself away from