Difference between revisions of "329--Week 2 Questions/Comments"
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Watching the movie I looked at Pocahontas and just thought why is she 25. Then looked at John Smith and thought why does he look the same age as her. Another thing was why Pocahontas's tribe was patriarchal? Her father gave her no choice in anything.---Matt DeMarr | Watching the movie I looked at Pocahontas and just thought why is she 25. Then looked at John Smith and thought why does he look the same age as her. Another thing was why Pocahontas's tribe was patriarchal? Her father gave her no choice in anything.---Matt DeMarr | ||
| − | Did you guys noticed how Disney Americanized the Indians in the 1990's fashion? I noticed, for example, how one couple greeted each other openly. The woman even knocked down her man once he got out of his canoe. To me, that gesture was more of the modern couple, rather than the American Indians of the 17th century. The behavior between Pocahontas and her friend struck me more like American teenagers, rather than teenagers of that time. I felt like the movie was a primary source about the mid- | + | Did you guys noticed how Disney Americanized the Indians in the 1990's fashion? I noticed, for example, how one couple greeted each other openly. The woman even knocked down her man once he got out of his canoe. To me, that gesture was more of the modern couple, rather than the American Indians of the 17th century. The behavior between Pocahontas and her friend struck me more like American teenagers, rather than teenagers of that time. Terms like "break a leg" and "gift basket" in the contexts that they were used in in the movie are modern. I felt like the movie was a primary source about the mid-1990s than a primary source of the 17th century. -Lauren Hicks |
