POCAHONTAS

There are many similarities between both the Secret River and the 1995 film Pocahontas. The biggest I feel is the similarities between the two colonies of English settlers and their believes. Both come to a new land intend to find different things. Both were unaware of the other culture, further this lead to their being a conflict between the two as the English believe because they are not like them, they must be savage or inferior. Smasher Sullivan is much like Governor Ratcliffe, who intends to slaughter the Native American Indians. Although Pocahontas has a love story involved, The Secret River has Blackwood, friend of the aboriginals. Blackwood is much like John Smith who discovers the Indians are not at all savage, just have a different way of living, much like the aboriginals. There is also a physical battle between the two, although the battle in Pocahontas is stopped by love from Pocahontas herself for John Smith. The two are similar yet the Secret River is a lot more confronting in its description than Pocahontas, which is intended for children.

By Nick