Pocahontas According To Disney-Gender Roles

The basic story line behind Pocahontas is simple for anyone who has had a couple years of history class. The movie is set in the seventeenth-century when the New World had already been discovered by Columbus. It was the time when European explorers and workers were sent, including John Smith, to the New World. This is of course an exploration based on greed because the only goal was to settle America and find riches. When the English get there, they encounter Native Americans. The remainder of the movie is about the two groups clashing heads. The fighting goes on while Pocahontas and John Smith begin to fall in love with each other. The history for the animated

Today many of the aspects such as women being the weaker sex and set roles for each denomination hasn’t changed as much as you would think through four-hundred years of growth. Many women have gone into jobs once thought to be male oriented, but make only a fraction of what their male counterparts do. Women also get criticized for the careers they choose such as police officers and doctors. Men are still viewed as violent warriors set out on greed. Just look at Americas involvement in the rest of the world. Only more open-minded people and time can change these set ways which have been around longer than anyone can remember.

The only thing that keeps Smith from shooting Pocahontas when they first meet is her beauty. Maybe this tells female viewers that beauty will save their life one day, so you most look your best at all times. Smith and Pocahontas do well together because they have a mutual respect for one another and can learn different things from each other. Smith tells Pocahontas about

motion picture. Kokoum is revered by his fellow Natives because he is a great warrior. Kokoum fills the quota for loyalty, strength, and safety. Once Kokoum asked Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas’ father, if he could marry Pocahontas it seemed like their union was a sure thing. No one in their right mind would turn down Kokoum. Pocahontas did just that though. She believed Kokoum was like a big steady river when she was more like a bendy unpredictable stream. Pocahontas is a woman who feels strongly in her own beliefs when most women of that day followed in the footsteps of their ancestors. Women are submissive and men are the providers of house and home. Pocahontas represents a new age women who doesn’t follow the beaten path. She is very independent and adventurous like John Smith. On the English side of things a man is not a man unless he knows how to shoot. A young sailor is viewed as weak by his comrades because he can’t shoot well. To this day boys are pressured to achieve certain macho st

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