Disney's Animated Film Pocahontas

Pocahontas The American tradition of telling exaggerated stories is one that has become simpler as television and movies integrated into American lives. With a television set in almost every household, a story can be told and passed down through generations and can in many ways uphold ideals throughout history. Now we can take a century old story and reimagine it through motion pictures. Although most of America’s early history is limited one of the most famous stories concerning the new world are typically the ones that depict the early relations colonist had with the Native Americans, like Pocahontas. Through Disney’s animated film Pocahontas viewers are able to witness the story that the colonials and Natives encountered and gaining a biased …show more content…
We know for a fact, that she is a real person born from a Powhatan tribe, and helped the settlers of Jamestown adjust to their new lifestyle. Her impact on early U.S. history has put in history books across the nation and yet children know about her before they can even read them. She is now primarily represented as a powerful female figure who fought for peace and justice for both natives and colonials. Although the original story depicting Pocahontas’ heroism, told by John on himself is one that was recognized for centuries, the way Americans see Pocahontas today is based off of the Disney animated movie Pocahontas.Out of the 1028 films produced by Disney as of today, Pocahontas has maintained its spot at sixty-ninth for the total gross of …show more content…
In order to take the positive side of the situation, Disney had to ignore some facts that natives ended up finding insulting but at least people of every background are gaining some background on the cultural differences that they had and how it was compromised through the film alone. Although many do find the story insulting, as people get older they do discover the truth about what Americans did and develop for themselves what was right or wrong the film itself is not the only source of truth for people to gain an understanding of what happened in order to build the colonies. Although people, especially children do not know all the of the facts, they know she was real and she stands as a strong independent woman, who advocated for peace between Indians and settlers. Now Pocahontas has become even more well known than she first was when she met John Smith and because of this, the Native American Culture stays relevant to all Americans not just to today's Native