In the film The New World you could clearly say that one could relate it to the writings of Captain John Smith since he is one of the main characters of the movie. Although I believe John Smith was portrayed less arrogantly in the movie than in his journals, we didn’t learn any new information about him in the film. Two major themes throughout the movie that connect with what we have been learning about in class are nature and the sense of community. The use of creating a sense of beauty was used in this movie by the way the director made it. The director used a lot of camera shots of things like woods, trees, waterfalls and streams. The Native Americans in the movie essentially are one with nature and have practices and rituals that point
