Disney films are well known for their adorable creatures, sad love stories, and happy endings. Disney's first film based on a Native American heroine was produced like any other: it overlooks the bad stuff as much as possible to create a happy, romantic, love-filled story. The film Pocahontas is loosely based on the arrival of English settlers who established the colony of Jamestown in 1307. Although there are some apt depictions of the story, the film is rife with historical inaccuracies. Disney may have made a movie that's fun to watch, but it's lacking in the story department. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay "Pocahontas" Film: Summary of Key Themes and Motifs One of the most glaring inaccuracies is actually the main plot of the entire film, the romance between Pocahontas and John Smith. Pocahontas was only about 10 years old when the 27-year-old Smith arrived in the New World. In the film, Pocahontas is portrayed as an adult woman close in age to John's. Pocahontas and John Smith were never romantically involved. In fact, around the age of 14, evidence suggests that Pocahontas married a low-ranking man named Kocoum for love, although in the film her father appears to try to force her into marriage. Disney obviously chose to neglect these things to create its usual enchanting story, that of love at first sight. Not only was Disney's portrayal of John and Pocahontas' relationship very wrong, but Disney also completely changed the circumstances under which the two met. While in the film Pocahontas meets Smith almost immediately after landing in the "new world", in reality her tribe did not encounter any English until John Smith was captured by his uncle (the Powhatan's brother) and brought to the Powhatan. This encounter leads to the film's next inaccuracy: the so-called "saving" of John Smith's life. According to John Smith's personal accounts, just before his head was about to be struck, Pocahontas threw herself at him and begged the Powhatan for mercy. This is also what we see in the film. Many historians question whether this event actually happened. As recorded in the oral and contemporary history of the Mattaponi tribe, the Powhatan had become fond of John Smith and the ceremony in which Smith claimed he was about to be killed was actually intended to honor him and to accept him in a management position. There was no reason for anyone to kill a man honored by the leader. Another reason why Pocahontas probably did not save Smith's life is that while he was indeed present at a ceremony, children were not allowed to attend such important events, meaning that young Pocahontas couldn't have been there to save him in the first place. dangerous idea that after a short war the English realize their misdeeds and both sides make friends and live happily ever after. The truth is that even though the Mattaponi tribe helped the Jamestown colony survive by bringing food, hostility from the settlers persisted. In fact, most of the conflicts between the two cultures were created and provoked by the settlers. Although it was not shown in the film, more than 80 percent of the indigenous population was wiped out as a result of mass genocide and infectious diseases transmitted by the colonizers. Pocahontas herself did not receive the serene ending depicted in the film. Around the age of 16, she.