Mythological Figures In Disney Movies

Disney not only fictionalizes accounts from American history, but romanticizes them as well. Since the film is directed towards children, many of them do not learn the real history of Pocahontas before watching the film thus believing the scripted story to be factual. The European men in the film all look like individuals whereas the Native Americans all look the same making it harder to differentiate between them. This could symbolize the idea that all Native Americans are the same in personality and behavior. Pocahontas was the only one in the film that stood out from the pack, she was the exception. Great emphasis is put on imagination and emotions to assist in decision making as the older neoclassical approach of using intellect is rejected.

Disney’s Pocahontas is inaccurate. First in John Smith first and second record holds no account of a fight breaking out. It was simply they were taken as hostages/ guests. And secondly, the age differentiates in real life and in the movie. One would say the young women in the Disney movie is at least 17. But in reality Pocahontas is born on

Hollywood’s leading animation studio has had many instances of stereotyping and being racially insensitive. Two main examples of their racism towards Native American tribes have been Peter Pan and Pocahontas. In both instances, there have been controversial songs that have the Native Americans at the center. Both depict the stereotypes that are not necessarily true of the tribes.

This song was influenced by Bob Dylan’s “Blowing In The Wind” and gave a visual representation of the discrimination that African-American face even at public places like movie theaters. Civil rights supporters sang this song with tears in their eyes and hope in their heart that the prejudice against African-Americans will end.

As young children we are often misled to believe that the stories and movies we are exposed to are presumably based on factual history, but are in reality myths, keeping the truthful, important, and fair facts hidden. Amonute is an accurate example of learning the real events that occurred in a person’s life while the typical myth of Pocahontas saved an Englishmen from being killed by her father. In the beginning of the book we are briefly introduced to Pocahontas, the Powhatan people and the English colonists. As the book continues we follow Pocahontas when she is kidnapped, her married life, and her trip to London where she got sick because of foreign illnesses and died. Camilla Townsends “Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma” wants Pocahontas’ true story to unfold because she is worthy of respect for her bravery and sacrifice and because “everyone subverted her life to satisfy their own needs to believe that the Indians loved and admired them” (Townsend, pg. xi). I also believe that the author was trying to argue that even though the Englishmen believed that the Native Americans were uncivilized and lived like savages, that instead they were wise people.

Remember that Disney movie of an American Indian tribe member with the long, flowy hair? If so, that might have been Pocahontas. Pocahontas was the beautiful daughter of the Powhatan leader, who the English named Virginia. Her story was truly amazing. I chose this topic because of the curiosity of who this beautiful lady really was, and what journeys in life she had overcome. This topic was brought up in Social Studies class as we were doing centers. One of the centers was only about her, and I have been curious ever since.

The song is about a person from the south who is trying to persuade others to visit the south, so they can experience the peaceful and joyful feeling of the winds and skies. The person starts off by telling the audience how they would spend their time if they were to visit the south. This is expressed when the person sings “Whistling tunes that you know and love so” The person goes on to express the feeling of the southern skies. “It’s rich precious beauty/It goes running through the soul”. The speaker then tells a story told of old as an analogy to the feeling of the southern skies. “Old man/He and his dog that walks the old land”. The speaker goes on to wish the world was as peaceful as the southern skies. “Wish I could/Stop this world from fighting”. Finally the southern person sings of how the Southern Nights are mysterious by singing “Mystery… In the southern skies”.

The book is written in narrative flow and shows Pocahontas’s development from a little girl to a grown woman. The author is showing how big of an impact a woman made to her people and culture. Even at the age of nine she was a main concern of her people because her father was Powhatan, the paramount chief. At that time she experienced strangers who came to her father’s kingdom in big ships. As the story progresses, she is more and more as a greatly influential person. Townsend portrays that she is the one who saved John Smith’s life. She also explains who Kocoom is and his relationship ties to Pocahontas.

The great tale of Hercules is one with great tragedy; however it holds powerful messages for those who read it. Of course in the Disney story they do leave out details that portray the violence Hercules performs on his family. I feel Disney left people confused as to why society rejected him for his strength when in a normal society today we would praise those with talents. However kids focus on surface details. To someone like me a lot of these messages are rooted deeply. I do feel that Disney does a sufficient job at telling the tale. There is a certain level of mindset you as creator of a children's story has to get on in order to deliver an appropriate, successful, and entertaining child story. While the characters are watered down and kid friendly also the way the gods are depicted as being good and friendly is not even close to accurate. .However in Disney messages are successfully delivered in a child friendly way in which adults can understand and appreciate it.

Pocahontas was mainly known for saving the life of John Smith. John Smith and his men arrived in Virginia and ran into the Tsenacommacah Indians many times. In 1607, a Native American hunting party captured Smith and took him back to Powhatan’s home. In Smith’s journal, he stated that Pocahontas was doing everything in her power to stop the execution and even almost sacrificed her own life to save Smith. By committing such a brave and

In “The True Story of Pocahontas,” the authors, Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow and Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star,” accurately describe the true story of Pocahontas. Many people to this day do not know her true life, only the stories broadcasted on television. Throughout chapter four, the authors describe the rocky relationship between John Smith and his Englishmen and the Powhatan people.

John Smith's tales of the Indian princess, Pocahontas, have, over time, encouraged the evolution of a great American myth. According to this myth, which is common knowledge to most Americans, Pocahontas saved Smith from being killed by her father and his warriors and then fell in love with John Smith. Some versions of the myth popular among Americans include the marriage of Smith and Pocahontas. Although no one can be sure of exactly what happened almost four-hundred years ago, most historians agree that the myth is incorrect. Pocahontas did not save John Smith's life from "savages" and never showed any affection for him. The events of her life differ greatly from the myth Americans have created.

In the letter to Queen Anne, John Smith attempts to persuade the queen that Pocahontas should be well received in england by using a dramatic and heroic tone. John Smith uses figurative language to persuade Queen Anne to welcome Pocahontas. In the letter John Smith says “at the minute of my execution, she hazzard the beating of her own brain to save mine; and not only that, but so prevaled to with her father, that I was safely conducted to Jamestown”. John smith created ethos within is his letter by using a dramatic tone when Pocahontas relieves him from these “savages” who had captured him. She does this by using a hyperbole saying she would kill herself if John was executed. After saving John and his crew Pocahontas continues to help the

Pocahontas utters thoroughly her desperate need for the Europeans. She "follows the steps of the Whites . . . for they are good and godlike" (The Indian Princess 2.2. 10). Jager suggests that Pocahontas has played the only feminine role Europeans understood. They represented uncivilized Indian Societies that were in desperate need of "Christian uplifting" (Malinche 291).

She loves nature and can be friend with animals, even the wild ones, such as the Puma, the Wolf, the Coyote, the Eagle, and the White Bison – each gifted with special powers. She is the daughter of Powhatan, paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, one of the tribes, American Indian Native. In this movie, teenager Pocahontas dreams to choose her own mate and has her own love story. However, that is impossible for a daughter from a chieftain to have an ordinary mate as her husband. She has to marry a chief or someone who will become one from another