Pocahontas

A detailed Summary of Pocahontas

1. How accurate was the Walt Disney version of the story of Pocahontas?

The extraordinary life and free spirit of a remarkable Native American heroine is celebrated through magic storytelling animation in Walt Disney Pictures' 33rd full-length animated feature, "Pocahontas." This animated feature was the first from the studio to be inspired by actual historical events and converted into a very colourful musical adventure for the whole family to enjoy .It presents the gripping tale of a courageous, kind and dynamic young Woman who "listens with her heart" to help her choose which path to follow in life.

Disney's version of the Pocahontas story takes a romantic and entertaining view of her interaction with the English sea captain, John Smith, more so concentrating on him being her love interest, rather then a friendship as expressed in historical sources. It captures the spirit of the young Pocahontas as being very free-spirited. It conveys how the Indians had a lot of interaction with nature and spirituality. Even as to convey the value of nature and spirit in the Indians lives by using the Old Grandma Willow tree as a symbol of this.

The settings in the film are accurate: both James Fort a

· His stay in America was compressed in the movie and says that he is sent back to England from a gunshot injury from rattcliffe attempting to hit Powhatan, but eventually Smith was shipped back on a stretcher, after a mysterious incident in which his powder bag exploded, injuring his leg.

· The physical appearance of Pocahontas and John Smith in the movie are obviously manipulated to please modern tastes of the children. They didn't look anything like that.

It was a day in December 1607, and John Smith was out on an expedition in the Jamestown area. Powhatan followers or tribes people captured Smith and took him to Werowocomoco, which was 12 miles from Jamestown. According to Smith, he was first welcomed by the great chief and offered a feast. Then he was grabbed forcibly stretched out on two large, flat stones. Indians stood over him with clubs as though ready to beat him to death when ordered. Suddenly a little Indian girl 'Pocahontas' rushed in and took Smith's "head in her arms and laid her own on his to save him from death." She then pulled him to his feet. Powhatan said that they were now friends, and he adopted Smith as a subordinate chief. Actually, this "execution and salvation" ceremony was traditional with the Indians, and if Smith's story is true, Pocahontas' actions were probably one part of a ritual. Captain John Smith himself is the sole source for this tale, in a book he wrote several years afterwards. It was not in his initial report, and was

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