Pocahontas

Throughout history, many European countries formed colonies in the Americas. The most well-known countries were, Spain, England, and France, who all claimed land and worked to serve the mother country. However, they encountered many problems such as; a lack of knowledge of the land, unknown food sources, and, the Native Americans. The two books, A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, and, A Patriot’s History of the United States, by Larry Schweikart, discussed different view…

The Disney Princess/Prince and their Influence on Young Children For over 92 years the Walt Disney Company has been influencing the world, from making baby clothing to making toys, to making live action movies. In the last 79 years, there has been an animated Disney Princess/Prince movie seen by the world. Generations of children have grown up with the Disney movies, buying on VHS sets to buying them on DVD sets, to watching them in theaters and streaming them through Netflix and Hulu. People of…

Sweep and dust and afterward, clean some more. As Snow White would say, “Just whistle while you work… and as you sweep the room imagine that the broom is someone that you love.” This well-known song mirrors one of the many concepts involved in the negative stereotype associated with Disney princesses, distinctly outlined by Rachael Johnson, a writer for the Education Specialist: “Princesshood is bound with being weak, passive, subservient to males, dutiful, and incapable of living an independent…

1800s which depicted Natives as bloodthirsty, savage, lazy, drunk, and unemotional. Also the notion that an Indian princess that renounces her own family, and marries someone from the dominant culture, and also assimilates to it. This was seen in Pocahontas. Marketing and cinematic industries both portray this romanticized idea of the past when it comes to Natives. They are either shown as savages or people who need help from the White man. All of them even have degrees of savagery: the noble…

population decreased from 100 to 40 colonists as a result of illnesses, poverty, starvation, and attacks from the Native Americans. One of the leaders, John Smith, was captured and held hostage at the native’s tribe. Supposedly, the chief’s daughter Pocahontas saved Smith, returned him to Jamestown, and transferred information about the Indian’s intentions. After the incident, the population of the colony began to increase. Unfortunately for Smith, he was injured and had to return to England in…

Before America became what it is today settlers from different places attempted to live on the North American continent. Two of these successful settlements were led by men named John Smith and William Bradford. John Smith was the first of the two men to settle in North America in present day Virginia. Smith’s settlement was called Jamestown and was considered the first successful settlement in America. Smith and his people came to America for monetary gain following the Spaniards discovery of…

As children we 've seen Disney movies such as Pocahontas which is based on Europeans coming to America looking for gold in a land already inhabited by Native Americans. Conflict automatically arises between the two groups seen in one scene where both are singing “Savages” about the other group in which the Indians are referred to as “heathens” and the European’s as “pale faced demons”. Though towards the end their conflicts are settled and the Natives are left to live in peace. Which completely…

I have never been an adventurous outgoing person, let alone a person who goes to large events, therefore this assignment didn’t prove to be too hard in finding events to go to but making myself actually attend said events was what proved to be the actual problem. I ended up going to two events that have to do with clothing I went to the: Moving Talent Forward Fashion show and the MSU Just a Costume Open Dialogue discussion. I found that both were eye opening experience and in some ways similarly…

Abstract: Disney released its first princess movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the year 1930 and since have produced various others which have been a major part of popular culture in the West and gradually all over the world. This research aims to study how these movies represent the social conditions, especially for women, in those respective eras. The objective of this research is to point out these developments and understand and urge future story tellers, film makers and artists to…

PREFACE “History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art.” Phyliis McKinley In these pages we strive to broaden man’s ceaseless search for truth and his tireless efforts to tear away at the facades of conventional belief. We aspire to bring enlightenment and culture to the unwashed masses who live in this paradise we call Southwest Florida. We walk the reader through eons of events that have reportedly occurred here. Our past is replete with many…