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What is the story of Disney Pocahontas?
This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young American Indian woman named Pocahontas (Seong Yujin) and Capt. John Smith (Lee Jeong-gu), who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan, disapproves of their relationship and wants her to marry a native warrior. Meanwhile, Smith’s fellow Englishmen hope to rob the Native Americans of their gold. Can Pocahontas’ love for Smith save the day?
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Did Pocahontas love John Smith in real life?
However, one of the many Pocahontas interesting facts is that John Smith was never a love interest of Pocahontas. Watching the movies portraying the life of Pocahontas, it was all too romantic with John Smith. Unfortunately, that was not the case with the life of the real Pocahontas. John Smith was, of course, a part of Pocahontas’ life .
Did Pocahontas really save Captain John Smith?
In 1607, not long after arriving in Jamestown, Smith was captured by Wahunsenaca’s forces and kept prisoner for a few weeks. According to Smith, his captors then held a ceremony at which they were on the verge of clubbing him to death when Pocahontas threw herself across his body and saved his life.
What is the true story of Pocahontas?
The animated Walt Disney movie Pocahontas is based on a true life story of a young Powhatan Indian girl named Pocahontas who falls in love with John Smith. In the making of the movie, Walt Disney, attempts to relate to the early 17th Century historic event of Europeans settling in Jamestown ; however, Disney did not portrait the true story.
Did Pocahontas save John Smith life?
“Pocahontas is said to have saved the life of John Smith, one of the first English settlers, in 1607. The ten-year-old girl actually did offer her own life to save his. She become a close friend of John Smith after he helped save the colony from starvation and immediate failure.