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To add to Celia's list of quotes, when the ship first arrives to the continent one sailor gasps in surprise stating that the land "is all ours!". In all reality the film deals fairly well with the English perspective of owning the land and taking its resources. To expand on the misconception of gold being in Virginia, you can tell just how ill-prepared the settlers are. Although the film does not explicitly show such, the men are mostly workers who have no specific skills, they aren't good shots (Thomas) and they tend to be rather lazy (everybody else). One point that the film may not do right, but at least represents well, is the effect of the English just being on the continent. While Pocahontas stands upon a large non-existent cliff, there is a distinct divide between the land "settled" by the English and those occupied by the natives. The settled land is practically barren and without a speck of green. I imagine that if you had an image of the work being done in the colonies you would see something very similar to that. Joe Calpin[[User:Bakhtinjali|Bakhtinjali]] 22:10, 1 September 2010 (MDT) | To add to Celia's list of quotes, when the ship first arrives to the continent one sailor gasps in surprise stating that the land "is all ours!". In all reality the film deals fairly well with the English perspective of owning the land and taking its resources. To expand on the misconception of gold being in Virginia, you can tell just how ill-prepared the settlers are. Although the film does not explicitly show such, the men are mostly workers who have no specific skills, they aren't good shots (Thomas) and they tend to be rather lazy (everybody else). One point that the film may not do right, but at least represents well, is the effect of the English just being on the continent. While Pocahontas stands upon a large non-existent cliff, there is a distinct divide between the land "settled" by the English and those occupied by the natives. The settled land is practically barren and without a speck of green. I imagine that if you had an image of the work being done in the colonies you would see something very similar to that. Joe Calpin[[User:Bakhtinjali|Bakhtinjali]] 22:10, 1 September 2010 (MDT) | ||
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| + | I definitely agree with the points listed up above, the thing that Disney does really well is outline the differences between the two different cultures. And to add to Celia's list of quotes, I think Pocahontas's "You think you own whatever land you land on" is another good one to describe the situation. While the English believed they could control the land, the Native Americans really didn't understand the concept of land ownership. They do briefly mention starvation on the English side, but it wasn't really a focus in the story, other than the part where John Smith was trying to explain that the Native Americans had food. However, once you go any deeper into the context of this movie it starts to become less accurate. - Jenn | ||
== Things the movie got wrong == | == Things the movie got wrong == | ||
