Pocahontas

primary care providers to Pocahontas County to staff the clinic. Likewise, PMH’s leaders might have to revise current staffing structures so that its’ management authorizes rotating health care providers’ schedules, allowing for the main hospital…

the stories of the otherwise unknown culture. However, in both The Lion King (1994) and Pocahontas (1995), for example, Disney poorly represented the African and Native American cultures for entertainment and monetary profit. The Lion King is the western interpretation of African culture represented by jungle animals fighting against each other for power, mirroring the apartheid becoming an anarchy. Pocahontas is the story of the British arriving and imperializing the Americas; representing the…

The Disney movie Pocahontas offers the viewer a stark portrayal of how Englishmen viewed Indigenous American tribes upon their arrival to the United States. The movie features a song titled Savages where Pocahontas and her fellow Powhatan tribespeople are described by the English settlers as “barely even human” and “dirty shrieking devils”. In reality, the first European explorers had much more diverse accounts of their experiences with indigenous peoples in North and Central America. To…

surprised to find the real story of Pocahontas and John Smith. Although that was only one section of the whole chapter on European influence, the stance that Jake Page had during that section was interesting to me. Particularly, in chapter six, he takes the side of the Native Americans, mostly to explain their “untold stories”. When I encountered the story about Pocahontas I was quite excited to learned about it, since I am only aware of the Disney version of Pocahontas, who is the “most…

In The Emerald Forest, they are Tommy the native and his biological father, Bill, in Avatar, they are Neytiri the native and Jack, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, they are Crysta the native and Pete, in Pocahontas, they are Pocahontas the native and John Smith. Also, all the natives finally become the eco-heroes in those four movies, because their hope is to save their motherland and protect the natural environment. The eco-hero who is a modern people in those movies…

Camilla Townsend constructs an image of the Native peoples and their extensive culture along with their deeply ingrained and essential values as resilient individuals. Townsend bypasses the superficial lore which has been continuously associated with Pocahontas. The dilemma which Powhatan faces is what the King should do about the English men. No matter what course he would take, it would not be without its dangers. Was he to stand by idly while they disturbed the “balance of power” that…

An individual’s sense of belonging is heavily influenced by the relationships and experiences they have throughout their lives. This idea is clearly portrayed through the characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, as well as in Disney’s Pocahontas. In both of these stories, several characters’ relationships and experiences are shown to shape their journey to belong within their community. Having a relationship or being associated with people outcast within society significantly lowers an…

culture or belief into a film so successfully that an audience may find themselves with a different perspective of that culture then they had before watching the film. “Pocahontas” filmmakers may have wanted to show the two different cultures in a way that sympathizes with the Native Americans and demonizes the English explorers. “Pocahontas” expresses how film can be influential to the way people perceive other culture. The content of this film serves as metaphor of our culture because most…

hunting party and eventually taken before Chief Powhatan. While Smith was hostile, he thought his life was being threatened, (however many people believe that the Powhatan tribe was performing a play like ritual) until Chief Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas,…

character, the Indian princess who fell in love with John and lived through a forbidden love. Furthermore, that is what everybody thought. Now I have not only found out that Pocahontas was real but that she was never love with John. According to the ink titled “The Truth” that was provided in the class lecture stated that Pocahontas was not only 12 years old but that John Smith only saw her as a daughter. Furthermore, there was no romance between…