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Comparing 'The Untrue Story Of John Smith And Pocahontas'

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How does Reginal Walters separate the truth from the lies? Do you believe in the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, because it's not so true after all. For instance you may think the story of Pocahontas was your typical love story but there was much more to discover under that. The story may seem true but Smith told a different story, more different from the untrue story. In the Article “The Untrue Story of John Smith and Pocahontas” Reginald Walters explains how the story of Pocahontas didn't really make sense and there were events that were most likely not true. You may be surprised by some of the changes in the actual Pocahontas story. In the (untrue) story many things were found to be a lie. Reading this will explain how different the …show more content…

The story states ¨After they had presented him with a feast in their barbarous manner, they held a long discussion¨. The word ¨barbarous¨ means savage or unpleasant.Therefore, the people did not like Smith and already started to treat him wrong. The article also states "They dragged him to them and laid his head on the stones, ready with their clubs to beat out his brains”. The words “beat out his friends” means they were going to kill him with no sympathy at all. It is evident how Powhatan and all of his attendants needed Smith; a horrible man they considered a …show more content…

The author writes in the article“Inside was known only to Powhatan and his advisers who did not write historical accounts, and Smith, who did”. This implies that John was the only one who told these stories, so they could be fiction and he lied”. Another quote to support this is “In a letter written soon after his capture, Smith says nothing of Pocahontas. So who could really believe anything he said?” This quote indicates there was no verification on what Smith really wrote about. It could have written about anything whether it was about Powhatan, his advisors, or Pocahontas when he said it

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Chief Powhatan, eldest of his five siblings, writes a letter  addressed to Captain John Smith asking for, instead of fighting with swords and guns, they talk and discuss with peace. Throughout his letter, various rhetorical strategies such as tone, argumentation and syntax, are used in order to captivate whom the letter is addressed to and to make an effort in convincing him of changing his ways. In perspective, the letter may act as a warning for Captain Smith and his people to stop fighting or else the Chief and his tribe are going to abandon them and take their resources with them, leaving the English settlers to fend for themselves. Chief Powhatan starts his letter sympathetically, speaking of his family and how he wants them to feel the world like he had felt it.

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