The Historical Interaction Between the Europeans and Indians in the Disney Movie Pocahontas

Historical interaction between Europeans and Indians in the Disney movie "Pocahontas" In recent weeks, we have studied the story of the Princess Pocahontas of Native American (India). We studied literature and 1995 Disney movies. I will introduce the method used to explain the relationship between these two civilizations. Both media portray the same relationship between civilizations; this is distrust, misunderstanding and disgust.

Pocahontas is based on the real life story of a young Indian Powhatan girl who fell in love with John Smith named Pocahontas. In making a movie, Walt Disney tried to combine European historical events of the early 17th century settled in Jamestown, Disney did not describe the real story. Disney rewrote the story and made it a beautiful romantic and animated love story like Cinderella's fairy tale. In Walt Disney movies, Pocahontas and John Smith are young people.

Historical interaction between Europeans and Indians in the Disney movie "Pocahontas" In recent weeks, we have studied the story of the Princess Pocahontas of Native American (India). We studied literature and 1995 Disney movies. I will introduce the method used to explain the relationship between these two civilizations. - Historically, especially during the colonization of the whole world, the treatment of Native Americans has always had problems. However, when some Europeans colonized to adopt a nice and compassionate attitude towards Native Americans, the treatment of indigenous peoples is generally not humanitarian. Native Americans die not only in settlers hands but also diseases brought to the new world by explorers, they are not immunocompetent

Racial discrimination and stereotypes are prevailing throughout the American culture, but the Disney movie Pocahontas tries to better understand the intolerance of native American ethnic groups. Although this movie is not historically perfectly accurate, its background depicts a more authentic story about the first encounters of Europeans and indigenous Americans. The Thanksgiving event is the opposite. However, some people try to understand each other's cultures and beliefs that can be shown in Disney movies through the interaction of characters, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas.