seems to be a lot of disconnect between the Disney version of the Pocahontas/Smith relationship vs. what we know about the “real” Pocahontas because of numerous protests that procured when the Disney movie came out. The Disney version of the story puts the relationship in good light and doesn’t seem to depict some of the brutality that was going on between the two groups. I have reason to believe that the relationship between Pocahontas and Captain Smith was not any where near as “romantic” as what
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Film Analysis: Pocahontas The animated Walt Disney movie Pocahontas is based on a true life story of a young Powhatan Indian girl named Pocahontas who falls in love with John Smith. In the making of the movie‚ Walt Disney‚ attempts to relate to the early 17th Century historic event of Europeans settling in Jamestown; however‚ Disney did not portrait the true story. Disney rewrote the story by making it a beautifully romantic and animated love story like a Cinderella fairytale. In the Walt Disney
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I’ve known about Pocahontas ever since I was a little girl. I used to sit in front of the TV and watch it over and over again until I finally got bored. I think the directors‚ Eric Goldberg and Mike Gabriel‚ did a wonderful job on putting this movie together. Pocahontas is a Disney animated film about romance between a young American Indian woman‚ Pocahontas‚ (Irene Bedard) and Capt. John Smith (Mel Gibson)‚ who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. Her father‚ Chief
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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 was more than just a Disney princess. Although the film made about her captured some events from her life‚ the events portrayed in the classic were not all accurate to how she really lived. Pocahontas arrived at Virginia on a ship (Hoose 14). She lived with her family in a village named Werowocomoco. Since Pocahontas’ father‚ Powhatan‚ was such a powerful ruler‚ Pocahontas had many events in her life that made her into the woman she was at the end of her life. Pocahontas’ early life
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The story of Pocahontas is about a young Native American women who had a very big impact in history. Pocahontas was not the average Native American girl you’d hear about in history‚ she was different. Pocahontas who was the daughter of the native chief Powhatan was one of the first Native Americans known in history that had a connection with a European who is known as John Rolfe. The Europeans who had come to the New World and in this case Jamestown‚ Virginia where Pocahontas was because they wanted
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The story of Pocahontas and John Smith is a story that has been told time and time again. Disney even made a movie about their story‚ teaching the importance of taking care of the earth. The real story is a firsthand account from John Smith. He says that in 1607‚ he was captured by an Indian tribe‚ at some point he meets Pocahontas and she feels sympathy for him and begs her father not to execute him‚ thus saving his life. There has always been questions bought up about this though‚ many question
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The issue in Disney’s Pocahontas Movie is that there are arguments of whether the movie is responsible‚ accurate‚ and respectful or not. In my opinion I have different point of views in this argument. I think the movie made the storyline different for the entertainment of younger viewers. I also believe that the movie isn’t accurate or respectful‚ but I do believe it is fair. I also think that the movie exaggerated too much and there was several information that wasn’t true. There is as well some
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HIST WGSS 3560 Week 5 Response Question #4 Miscegenation and the Pocahontas Narrative The first thought that came to mind when reflecting back on all of the readings we have completed for the week comes from a line in Tilton’s “Miscengenation and the Pocahontas Narrative in Colonial and Federalist America.” On page twelve Tilton explains that historians have stated that the intermarriage between Pocahontas and Rolfe lead to keeping peace between the races and even the civilization of the
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Pocahontas: A detailed interpretation and analysis of the historical accuracies and inaccuracies in Disney’s Pocahontas In Camilla Townsend’s book‚ Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma‚ Townsend points out that there are many historical inaccuracies and myths that are associated with the story of Pocahontas. Using historical evidence to support the story of Pocahontas‚ Townsend attempted to create an accurate timeline bringing the past to the present. At the same time‚ the Disney film Pocahontas
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