Pocohantes essay

Pocohantas Essay In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the Journal of John Smith and the Disney movie Pocohantas. They are both major and minor differences in the movie and the book. The Journal of John Smith starts out with him telling about long and hard trip was. John Smith's leader was a selfish man, and wasn't concerned about anything or anyone other than gold. He called all the Indians savages, and had …

…ship. Also in the movie he did not die. The Indians and the "white men" did end up getting along and being friends. Even though the Disney movie was much more pleasant than the real story of John Smith and Pocohantas, it is very misleading. It should have been made to let kids know the truth. But I think both the movie and the book are excellent resources to learn about John Smith and Pocohantas.