The New World- Lizzie Heier

 The New World was a film that displays the journey of John Smith and the settlers finding Jamestown. Along this journey, Jamestown is not the only thing that Smith finds and is able to experience. He also meets Pocahontas and experiences a new journey with her as well. The film shows the way John Smith was able to conform and appreciate the ways of the Native Americans. When he is living with the Native Americans, he takes time to learn the way they live and learns more about Pocahontas and her free lifestyle. When Smith is with the Native Americans the viewer can clearly see the character development that occurs. Before he is sent over, he was a rule-breaker and did not like to follow anyone's way except his own. When he meets Pocahontas and the Native Americans he is able to live more freely and that is one way that Pocahontas encaptures John Smith's heart. When he is sent back to the British, he has to enforce the rules of the settlement and live a stern and challenging life. However, John Smith is not the only individual who experiences character development. 

Pocahontas, when living at her home with the Native Americans, she is very free and happy. She is able to live her life how she wants and is not confined by restrictive clothes or homes. This all changes dramatically when she goes to live at the settlement camp of the British. Upon arriving at the settlement she is introduced to these tight clothes and small living conditions. This immediately alters her way of life as she is supposed to stay within the settlement walls. She is not able to run among the forest or lay in the long grass. She becomes more rigid and stern in this new life, especially once she moves to England. You can see the shift in Pocahontas's personality and lifestyle almost immediately. 

Do you think that Pocahontas regrets her decision to love John Smith?


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