The story of Pocahontas

In the annals of Native America, Pocahontas’ tale is noteworthy. A young woman named Pocahontas interacted with the English settlers, bringing harmony and tranquility to the people who lived along the Virginia shore. Pocahontas was tamed, converted, and married off to an Englishman named John Rolfe despite being originally portrayed as a warrior woman. The essay demonstrates how Pocahontas’ identity was taken from her through the use of oppression, faith, and marriage.

Many academics have emphasized the importance of addressing such problems. History reveals how people perceived Indian women. There were worries that Pocahontas might have experienced rape and tyranny. Pocahontas revealed herself to be a Christian, though. In addition to that, she was married off to John Rolfe, a person as old as his father. Therefore the warrior woman in her was tamed becoming a motherly figure. My paper will analyze the effects of the capture to the warrior woman. Also, the strategy used to tame a warrior woman to be a household religious housewife. The paper will seek to understand if she was forced to convert and relocate to England? Berkholfer sought to understand her values from her culture and if the culture lacked significant ethics thus making her relinquish them (Berkhofer).

My understanding is that despite the robbing of her identity culture and beliefs, surprisingly her conversion and marriage to The English made her a favorite figure more than the publicity of being a warrior. She became the grandmother that brought peace and more coincidentally by use of different approaches other than battles, conflicts, and wars. This argument is supported by the “affirmation of relationship” by Green. The proposed paper will seek a balance on the importance of both means to address conflicts.

In another view of feminism, the paper is based on the understanding of feminism to Indian women. According to Shanley in her ”thoughts on Indian feminism,” Indian women have suffered from oppression and cultural reformulation in a quest to silence their right of expression. These women have been subjected to relocation, marriages, and dispossession to relinquish their pursuit of justice. They have been taken as tokens of feminism thus ignored over the continuous social oppression (Shanley).

In conclusion, my argument is focused on the reception and acceptance of the warrior woman. As it seems, ancient times never favored women of steel. No matter the efforts that the warrior character that Pocahontas gave her was captured and tamed. Does that mean that the ancient women did not have a more significance other than being subjected to the confinements of marriage?

Works Cited

Berkhofer, Robert F. The White Man’s Indian: Images of the American. New York: Vintage Books, 1979. Print.

Shanley, Kathryn. houghts on Indian Feminism: Gathering of Spirit. New York: Fireband Books, 1984. Print.