One of the many speculations of Townsend that I believed in is her theory that one of the possible reasons why Powhatan sent Pocahontas to Jamestown to try to secure Namontack’s release‚ an Indian who were held in captive by John Smith and his people‚ was because Pocahontas was probably the best translator available. Pocahontas was probably able to know the basics of the English’s language growing up since the English has been coming to their town way before she was born. She also learned more from
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Pocahontas In Pocahontas the English Colonists and Native Americans are discovering one another. The movie explores the cultures through the new and‚ sometimes skewered‚ perception of the other culture. The love story between John Smith and Pocahontas presents an understanding relationship between the races. They are the first two characters to overcome their fear of the unknown and form a relationship; however most of this is built on a magical ability to understand each others languages.
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Pocahontas Many people have seen or heard of the Disney film production Pocahontas. For those that believe the film’s accuracy to be completely and utterly valid‚ it is simply not the case. Disney’s Pocahontas holds some truth‚ but more fiction than anything else. The aim of this paper is to separate fact from fiction‚ based on the testimony from Captain John Smith himself‚ the Powhatan Nation‚ as well as interpretations from other historians on the true events that took place and shaped
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Pocahontas The Indian princess‚ known as Pocahontas was able to establish a remarkable and considerable relationship with early English setters of Virginia. This connection helped shape the course of American history. Pocahontas brought collaboration between the Native American Indians and the English‚ which allowed the successful founding of the Virginia Colony. If a student were to research Pocahontas they would not only find that a famous Walt Disney film portrayed some of her life‚ but she
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Now‚ I love Pocahontas. I was obsessed with it as a little kid‚ but now as an adult I’m able to look at it with a critical approach and Pocahontas___John_Smith_by_Opal_Isee some of the inaccuracies that are portrayed in it‚ but that won’t stop me from still enjoying the film. I came across this critique and breakdown of Disney’s Pocahontas (1995) and the title of the critique was entitled‚ “Poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and sucide‚ but at least the natives can paint with all the colors of the wind‚” and it
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Disney. The real story is raw‚ and it shows you that the English Colonist were not respectively close to being heroes. The True Story of Pocahontas was written by Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow and Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star”. Dr. Linwood‚ the oral historian of the Mattaponi tribe‚ and Angela L.‚ his coauthor‚ decided to be the first to document Pocahontas and her people in this book. For nearly 400 years Pocahontas’s story only lived within the Mattaponi tribe out of fear of a violent retribution
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The English colonists were responsible for the demolition of the Indian culture. In the book‚ Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma‚ we learn about what it is like to be living in the 1600’s but also about the different aspects of Pocahontas’ life growing up. Through out this reading it was clear to see that the Native Americans were not treated fairly in comparison to the English or any other people of a different descent. There are many times that Native American lives were taken for no true cause
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Pocahontas was a Native American princess‚ and a peacemaker. She was famous for her connection with the colonial settlement at Jamestown‚ Virginia. Also for saving a life of English captain John Smith. Pocahontas was born on 1595 in what is now eastern Virginia. Pocahontas was a daughter of Powhatan‚ an important chief of the Algonquian Indians (the Powhatans) who lived in the Virginia region. Her real name was "Matoaka." "Pocahontas" was a nickname meaning "playful" or "naughty one
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John Smith’s Story of Pocahontas The story of Pocahontas and John Smith took place around the early 1600s. This was around the time period of Jamestown. Jamestown is located in Virginia where Pocahontas’s tribe lived. The emperor of Pocahontas’s tribe showed Smith generosity and kindness to him. Advertisement was very popular and was used many times to get people to come to America. No one questioned Smiths story for 250 years‚ so no one knew what happened for sure. Smith exaggerated to bring people
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This is the Disney animated story of the sentiment between a youthful American Indian lady named Pocahontas and Captain John Smith‚ who ventured to the New World with different pioneers to start new lives. Her intense father‚ Chief Powhantan‚ objects their relationship and needs her to stay within her culture to marry a native American. Pocahontas was the daughter of Wahunsenaca‚ the Chief of Powhatan. She was originally named Matoaka‚ which means "flower between two streams." Wahunsenaca was crushed
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