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    Zamir Shamil Mr.C History August 21st Did Pocahontas save John Smith’s life??? I believe that John Smith was not saved by Pocahontas. John smith is nothing but a lying scum thinking he could just lie his way through to his desires: fame‚ money‚ ect. In document 1 we receive information that states John Smith was going into trade with the chief and sent home content with himself and his trip. The quote‚ “He kindly welcomed me with such good words‚ and great platters of foods‚ assuring me his

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    Madison Ellison Pocahontas has seen a vision of a spinning arrow; a vision she believes is telling her change is coming. Everyone knows Disney’s movies are the fairytale endings that anyone would love to have during their life. From a kiss to wake up a sleeping princess to love at first sight‚ anything is imaginable throughout the films. Even Pocahontas fell in love with Caption John Smith while he came to explore the New World. Or did they? In the Disney movie “Pocahontas” there are conflicting

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    History of the Americas Rafia Islam Pocahontas Movie Critique The movie "Pocahontas" was released in 1995 by Disney for the sake of entertainment for little kids and their families. However‚ like many other Disney movies‚ people from all different age groups turned to this movie for entertainment. Pocahontas is a majorly inaccurate film that in some cases may be racist or insulting to Native Americas. Obviously‚ Disney didn’t mean to offend anyone because that would be bad business

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    AMERICAN LITERATURE I Instructor: Dr. Le Thi Thanh Troy University – STU Campus The Pocahontas Incident John Smith Group members: Ho Truong Phuong Thao TranThi Hong Nhung Nguyen Van Huy Objectives: Understanding author ’s biography and his work Understanding Pocahontas ’s biography Answer three impotant questions about his work A. John Smith ’s biography John Smith (1580 – 1638) had have a heroic life since he was not only a English

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    relationship between Pocahontas and John Rolfe was romantic‚ or merely convenient. Throughout the poem‚ the tone reveals a sense of resentment from Pocahontas towards her husband as she explains how she taught him a way of life in the land he was unfamiliar with. Pocahontas stated that she saved her husband thousands of times because he was naïve and had no knowledge about survival in the new land he had come to take over. Context clues provide readers with the notion that Pocahontas ultimately sacrificed

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    Now‚ I love Pocahontas. I was obsessed with it as a little kid‚ but now as an adult I’m able to look at it with a critical approach and Pocahontas___John_Smith_by_Opal_Isee some of the inaccuracies that are portrayed in it‚ but that won’t stop me from still enjoying the film. I came across this critique and breakdown of Disney’s Pocahontas (1995) and the title of the critique was entitled‚ “Poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and sucide‚ but at least the natives can paint with all the colors of the wind‚” and it

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    Credibility as an Author John Smiths writings are not credible. There are too many parts in his recordings that do not make sense that lead me to my decision. The accounts of Pocahontas are a major factor that many say make Smiths works not credible. When John Smith was kidnapped by the King of the Powohatan Tribe‚ Pocahontas’ dad‚ they were about to kill him then and there. Side note: they kidnapped Smith just to kill him instead of killing him during the battle between Smiths men and the Native

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    practically being the same. When there are well over a thousand movies in just the United States alone‚ it’s easy to comprehend why originality may be a challenge. There are three movies in particular that hold true to this statement and they are Pocahontas‚ James Cameron’s Avatar‚ and The Lion King. These movies hold very similar ideologies in regards to nature and greed. However‚ they tend to differ in their cinematographic approaches in revealing the underlying and‚ or‚ obvious‚ ideologies.

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    When a layman is asked to describe their idea of a Native person’s relationship with nature‚ it is the author’s experience that‚ most often‚ the description will involve Pocahontas’ song‚ “Colors of the Wind” – and not with unfair cause. Disney’s version of Pocahontas and the Powhatans embodies the “steward of the environment” trope in an extreme way‚ and the cultural ubiquity of the supposedly historical film makes it a powerful vessel to impact peoples’ perception of Native life. However‚ Disney’s

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    Pocahontas: the Indian Princess Page 1 It can be easily assumed that almost everyone has heard the tale of the American Indian princess‚ Pocahontas – but is it true? John Smith’s tales of Pocahontas have‚ over time‚ and with the help of Disney’s inaccurate rendition of Pocahontas’ story‚ encouraged the evolution of a great American myth. According to this myth‚ which is common knowledge to most Americans‚ Pocahontas was the fully clothed‚ disobedient daughter of Chief Powhatan who

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