Pocahontas Research Paper

Walt Disney’s film Pocahontas is not historically accurate, but there is value in creating cartoon interpretations of American history. As a child, cartoons are mostly important for your development, both physically and mentally. Fairy tales help children understand the complexity of life. These visions use various symbols to teach morals and cognitive skills. Walt’s film was based off the legends and folktales surrounding Pocahontas, it was not meant to be historical but to promote racial tolerance.

“...two great stones were bought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beate out his braines...” (book). John thought he was about to be put to his death, by being beaten to death. He writes, “… having fested him after their best barbarous manner they could a long consultation was held...” (book) He thinks the Natives fed him his last meal and was about to kill him. Pocahontas must have thought so to, according to, Stebbins “the famous rescue of John smith by Pocahontas…” If John’s life was not in any danger, there would have been no need to rescue it. Wolfinger writes, “Pocahontas was at the center of her father’s decision to spare his life...” Therefore, John Smith’s life was in danger, and Pocahontas saved his

One of the things Pocahontas is most known for saving John Smith’s life. It all started when one day, the Pamunkey tribe caught a white man. The man was to be presented to Pocahontas’ father, Chief Powhatan, that night. The village prepared large feasts, and Pocahontas was thrilled to finally get the chance to see one of the mysterious outsiders who had come to their homeland. When the man was finally brought out, many villagers screamed in horror when he glanced at them, although Pocahontas didn’t understand why everyone was afraid of this man to be called “John Smith”. Pocahontas’ father declared that the handsome man with the blue eyes was to be killed! The toughest warrior poised his arms above his head with a club in hand and… Pocahontas

John Smith surprised many by becoming a significant leader and a ray of sunshine in an otherwise increasingly desperate situation. He strategically involved the Indians in order to increase the chance of survival of the colonists. This strategy caused him to develop personal relationships with Indians; some good, some bad. Although captured and sentenced to death twice by Chief Powatan, he was saved by Powatan's daughter Pocahontas. Many historians however, believe that Pocahontas did not actually save John Smith; they believe he was mistaking an adoption ceremony for his execution. David Price writes that there is no way to describe what happened other than an impending execution. "Nothing is known about seventeenth-century Powhatan adoption ceremonies, nor is any other tribe in North America known to have had an adoption procedure comparable to what was undergone by Smith."(pg.243).Either way, the romance between Smith and Pocahontas emphasized in children's stories is seemingly impossible; Pocahontas would have been eleven years old upon acquaintance with John Smith. Pocahontas

It is said that there are many different versions to a story. There is one persons story, then there is an other person’s story, and then, there is the truth. “Our memories change each time they are recalled. What we recall is only a facsimile of things gone by.” Dobrin, Arthur. "Your Memory Isn't What You Think It Is." (online magazine). Psychology Today. July 16, 2013. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/am-i-right/201307/your-memory-isnt-what-you-think-it-is. Every time a story is told, it changes. From Disney movies to books, to what we tell our friends and colleagues. Sometimes the different sides to the story challenge the

In Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, Camilla Townsend depicts the events that happened during the seventeenth century time period. The central focus point is veered around Pocahontas. The book is shown as a biography of her life and the horrific times she experienced. The author, Camilla Townsend, was born in New York City and currently a history professor at Rutgers University. She is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities Award.

[1] Disney’s Pocahontas has understandably received a lot of flak about the historically inaccurate story that is told about the legendary Pocahontas and Captain John Smith. There is a good reason for that. The movie does little that can be construed as historically accurate, yet Disney claims that was never their intent. Disney, in their previous movies, has been attacked for being racist and unsympathetic to racial minorities. Their answer was a movie whose sole purpose, as stated by Disney, was to promote racial tolerance. The question is, then can a movie promote racial tolerance when the issue is built on false history, history that if told accurately would depict the exact opposite?

Pocahontas was connected with English colonists through Captain John Smith. He arrived in Virginia on April 1607. John Smith was captured by a group of hunting men led by Powhatan’s relative while exploring

In Virginia, 1624, some of the first North American had settled and began to build the colony of Jamestown. The voyage to the new world, which was supposedly only supposed to take around three months, ended up taking a staggering five months. As a result of this the Jamestown colonists used all of their reserve and emergency food, and landed in Virginia in late Fall, not in early Spring. The colonists died from lack of food and starvation, and had to result to cannibalism until John Smith was kidnapped by Powhatan, the leader of the local Native American tribe. Powhatan was supposedly going to “execute” John Smith until his twelve-year-old daughter, Pocahontas, saved him. Many historians believe that Powhatan did not abduct Smith to kill him but to show him his immense power. While Powhatan may have had positive intentions, John Smith clearly did not get the memo as he often called the native Americans “Savages” in his writings. Turning the other cheek to this hate, Powhatan gave Jamestown supplies and food to show his desire for an alliance between the Native Americans and the colonists.

11.John Smith- Captain John Smith controlled Jamestown in 1608 with the rule "He who shall not work, shall not eat". In 1607 he was kidnapped and subjected to a mock execution by the Indians.

And so in 1607, a group of convicts, bachelors, and gold diggers – among others – landed by Chesapeake Bay and formed Jamestown. At first, times were hard in the settlement. There was a twenty-five-percent chance of death from starvation, native attacks, or disease. Hunger was so great that people began resorting to cannibalism. However, things improved in Jamestown when Captain John Smith became the governor. He created a rule that to eat, the people of Jamestown had to work. Hunger lessened and more people were contributing to building and farming. When John Smith was captured by the natives, a native girl called Pocahontas saved him. Pocahontas married a man named John Rolf, and there was peace between the natives and the colonists until a new man became chief of the tribe. He wanted revenge on the settlers, and the natives attacked Jamestown, killing three hundred and forty-seven

This is in important essay about cherokee indians these indians are very smart they did lot of good things. They hunted turtles for food and they used their shells for rattles. The language they spoke was iroquoian. In 1838 they had the highest population and it was 400,000 cherokee indians were alive there were a lot different place where cherokee lived. The Cherokee children's the boys liked to go hunting with their dad and the girls their mom showed them what to do in the house. When the men went to hunt they used a blowguns and when they fought in war they used a spear or tomahawk. 1800s 4,000 men and women were killed and now there current population in 1838 was 370,000 a lot of people died in the 1800s. The cherokee

Through the course of time, the human species has experience many changes on their environment. Humans have migrate to many places around the world that normally they are not suitable to live on. This event has made certain races of humans very suitable for particular environments. By the process of natural selection, each race of humans have dominant traits that increases their reproductive success. However, in this current time the world has become more connected. This has caused many changes in the environment, which is affecting in a negative way to certain demographics of people more than others. A huge example of this can be view on the native nation of Tohono O’odham and the changes during the decades of the area of Arizona.

Pocahontas. Americans know her as the beautiful, Indian woman who fell in love with the white settler John Smith and then threw her body upon the poor white captive to protect him from being brutally executed by her own savage tribe. The magical world of Walt Disney came out with their own movie version several years ago portraying Pocahontas as a tan, sexy Barbie doll figure and John Smith as a blond-haired, blue-eyed muscular Ken doll. Although Disney attempts to instill racial tolerance, inter-racial friendship, and nonviolent resolutions in Pocahontas, they contribute to the inaccurate Indian woman stereotype that has evolved from such stories. While it can be argued that Disney has

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 attempted to depict Algonquian culture accurately, however, according to history, much of the material presented in the film is full of misconceptions and is historically imprecise. In fact, Disney’s Pocahontas epitomizes John Smith and