Pocahontas and John Smith

This book begins by describing all of the many different events that are occurring around the world during the year 1606, such as the opening of the play Macbeth and Galileo Galilei publishing a book of the observations of supernova in the sky. During the same year, in late December, three small ships were anchored in London’s River Thames waiting to depart to a new settlement. The three ships were the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. The Virginia Company of London organized and financed the voyage to begin the new settlement of Jamestown. The crew is very excited to search for gold, silver, and other riches that have supposedly been found in North America. Their previous knowledge of the Spanish enrichment of gold and silver created a group dominated by money hungry, wealthy gentlemen. Aboard the ships were a great deal of gentlemen, but unfortunately lacked in soldiers and working men. The majority of the men were not accustomed to any type of hard labor, and this caused many problems because the conditions the crew were in clearly called for difficult laborious work. One of the few commoners on board was John Smith, a former soldier who proved to be a key leader to the survival of the colony. Although he was looked down upon by the upper class, he was a hard worker, and also very intelligent and a jack of all trades.

People would rather be entertained by a story than have the real facts. Writers changed the real story of Pocahontas because they wanted a story that would make money for them. The Disney film Pocahontas made $346,079,77 in total gross. They wanted to create a story that would make them money and give them fame. They wanted a story that

The focal point of the painting is the woman with infant. This is shown by the lighting in the painting being directly on her, the bright red that she is wearing, and the circling of the putti around her figure along with the majority of their gazes being directed at her. The bright light directly behind her and the infant could possibly be coming from the sun behind the clouds in the sky, the putti to her upper right holding the torch, or it could be symbolic in that it is the infant’s halo and representative of his divine nature. The overall piece is not overly dark but the lighting seems to be most focused on the woman, infant, her other children, and the flying putti. This is an example of tenebrism.

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

Townsend examines the following months on the settling of the English, as well as Pocahontas’s kidnapping, to her imprisonment, down to her marriage to John Rolfe, her conversion to Christianity, and finally her death.

Many people believe the 1995 film, Pocahontas, to be the true story of a young Powhatan woman. However, the story lacks facts. Pocahontas isn’t even her real name. Matoaka, the real Pocahontas, faced mush more misery than the movie showed. Mataoka’s life in America, life in England, a comparison between the movie and real life, and how fictional portrayals of real people effect society today will show you that Disney’s inaccuracies could change history.

From the text and documents provided, my conclusion to whether or not Pocahontas saved John Smith is that it never happened. We know from the first account about his journey to Jamestown that he indeed was there, so he was a primary source. Pieces of information I have used to make my conclusion are the two accounts of John Smith, historian Lemay's document about his opinion, and expert Lewis' interpretations about the event.

Pocahontas was born in 1595, with the given name of Matoaka and later got the nickname Pocahontas. She has been known as the favorite daughter of the powerful Powhatan Chief but she is also famous in history for contributing greatly toward the survival of the Jamestown colony. When the English colonists settled in Jamestown in 1607, there became tension between the Colonists and the Powhatan Indians. During the 1600s, the leader of the Colonists, Captain John Smith was caught by the Powhatan’s men. It has been said that Pocahontas saved Smith’s life and has had great influence on early relationships between the colonists and Indians. During Pocahontas’s life, she has faced many tragedies but triumphs have also played a role in her time.

Faith Ringgold composed this piece by using oil paints on a 31 by 19 inch canvas. It is depicting the struggles that her community and herself were facing while trying to gain equal rights from the majority of white American culture. She uses line, shape, color, value and texture

Implicit ideologies are seen in film dialogue, music, and content. Through a deeper level of interpretation, viewers can understand what is implicitly implied through a films messaging. Pocahontas, a classic Disney movie, is based on a legend that surrounds a Native American woman. Pocahontas reinforces the normative ideologies of interracial relationships, the misinterpretation of Native Americans, and gender stereotypes in an effort to appeal to children of all ages and teach them morals.

Another important person from this time period was Pocahontas born in 1596 to Chief Powhatan, leader of the Powhatan Empire.

The illustration of this painting, George Catlin was a famous painter. He was originally a lawyer was was interested in the Indians. He never became or a was a historian.Even though he wasn't a historian he gave speeches about the indians to promote his work. Coming back from Washington, they picked up their traditions. The indians didn't come back the same as they left. That's what i think the picture does a good job of showing. The Indian on the left is in traditional Indian clothes,but the Indian on the right comes back looking much more like the culture back in washington. Although there misunderstood the culture in washington. As you can see the man on the right is holding a ladies fan. This shows that they misunderstood the

The New World, is the story when the English came to James River in Virginia in the year 1607 . The captain leaves to John Smith to explore the region and go to speak with the king of the natives. One day, Smith is captured by the natives and carried away with King Powhatan. He was going to made sacrificed, when Pocahontas is put on top of him and avoid being killed. Smith is released on condition, that the English was left of the land of the natives. At one time, the natives and the English fought because they did not leave the land. Between Pocahontas and Smith there was a relationship. Pocahontas went to live with the English, Smith went to England and told his friend that two months later he said to Pocahontas that he had died. When Pocahontas finds out it becomes very sad and time later she accepts to be baptized its new name was Rebecca. Rebecca married John Rolfe, had a child and worked on the tobacco planting. Later the Rolfe family traveled to England and it is where Rebecca dies of tuberculosis or pneumonia .

After John Smith and her befriended one another, she began to go to Jamestown after is was established and played with the local boys there.. After all she was only about twelve years old. When the colonies began to starve Pocahontas would bring enough food to save many of their lives. The Powhatan’s did not bother them much at this time. But as the colonies progressed throughout the lands they began to feel as if their land was threatened and conflict showed its ugly face once again. In the late year of 1609, John Smith was shipped back to England due to a gunpowder explosion. The Englishmen told the Powhatans that John Smith had died, and on that account Pocahontas had stopped her visiting to Jamestown. While Pocahontas was visiting Henricus for whatever unknown reason, she had met a man called John Rolfe. John Rolfe had a wife and child whom both died prior to the trip to

The painting illustrates the artist’s rendering of what happened to Chief Wi-jún-jon when integrated into the white culture following a trip to Washington, DC in 1832. On this returning side you see no Indian heritage, it has been destroyed by civilization. The painting is a great view through the artist’s eyes and mind as to how he felt about the change which occurred with the Chief during his time. George Catlin truly honored and respected the Indians that he captured so elegantly in his paintings and I believe he felt saddened when Chief Wi-jún-jon returned to his native people looking and acting liking a white person.