Pocahontas

There must be a problem with society and the entertainment industry when there are people like Katha Pollitt that care so strongly about just a single essay like The Smurfette Principle, but it’s not quite as bad as she makes it out to be. She starts the essay by giving her child The Little Mermaid, and even though Ariel looks just like the other princess, she is active, brave and also the heroine of the story. This is not a common happening in movies because she states that only 9 out of the…

Disney dominated the animation industry as it created the Disney Princess Empire beginning with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the 1930’s. Many of the Princesses from Disney are the idealistic way that women were seen in the earlier dimensions of society. With America diverging from the idealistic role of a woman, Disney diverged in the same way by adding Tiana, the first hard working and ambitious African American to the Disney princess line- up. The Princess and the Frog is one of Disney…

A Perspective View of the Native People in the New World Seen by the Eyes of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and John Smith When the first explorers arrived in America from Europe, they encountered many different indigenous peoples of the land. Every pioneer had their own experiences with the native people, varying from educational and boring to threatening and appalling. Many of the meetings became more and more intense as interactions between the explorers and natives became recurrent. These…

Can America be generalized by humor or ignorance? In a cartoon written by journalist John Branch, there are many elements of language that can hurt and represent a social group. The world is filled with stereotypes, which may be good or bad, but not always true or accurate. In this cartoon there is a use of pathos an appeal to humor, association to connotate a social group, also use of a microaggression that can have an impact on a social group. All these elements of language and form of…

Through out my life I watched different documents that showed people with disabilities accomplishing the impossible like Helen Keller, Pocahontas, and the extraordinary people. My mom felt that by watching these shows it would encourage me to keep learning and give me people that I can look up to. I found Lives Worth Living very interesting because it talked about a certain side of disability that I never understood. I don 't like politics but I found the fight for their rights very interesting.…

Englishmen crossing the Atlantic created different societies in the Chesapeake, the West Indies, and New England for several reasons. The Chesapeake and West Indies was a society based on economic exports. The New England colony was formed out of religious persecution. The difference in the development of these colonies led to the way of life in the colony, the relationship with surrounding Indians, and the struggles of the colony. The one thing that was common in all of these societies was the…

There are around 9 million viewers who dedicate their time to Grey's Anatomy. One well known viewer from Pocahontas County is Andrea Christians. Mrs. Christians has devoted her Thursday nights to keeping up with the crazy crew on Grey's Anatomy. Her remarks on the show are, "It's like spending an hour with your crazy family and you feel connected with them. So…

The struggle to survive difficulties of the New World. Many British colonists shared a common interest to migrate to a new land. While some differences between Jamestown and Plymouth are that the people of Jamestown came to America to make money and the people of the Plymouth plantation came to America for religious reasons but, one similarity they have is that they both traveled to America for a fresh start. The English people left Europe for a new chance to make money, have the opportunity to…

established in the regions that the Spanish, English, Portuguese, and many other wished to conqueror. This theme of Europeans directly overlooking the native people of the New World in order to conquer their land was a central theme in the book assigned, Pocahontas and the Powhattan Dilemma. In early discussions from The Invasion of America slides, many Europeans believed that because the indigenous people of the New World had no written history that they then had no history at all, unlike other…

John Smith hero or vilan Many historians have argued whether John Smith’s writing were a propaganda or not. John Smith always dreamed of developing America and dominating the Natives. He is from Europe and had a great influence on others. Through his encouragement he was able to convince people from England to cross the waters to begin a new life where only little labor was required, and treasures were easily found. There is a considerable amount of evidence that supports there was some…