Blog #2. Pocahontas

The movie Pocahnotas connects to Native Americans in many different ways.  The movie has Native Americans in it and it shows how the colonist came from England and built colonies like Jamestown which was the first English settlement in America. They fought the Indians for the land.  They thought they were savages and barbaric so they took their land.  Alot of indians and colonists were killed.  In the end, the indians showed the colonists how to live off of the land. They eventually learned new things from each other and used these things to their advantage. After this they all got along.

Entry 1

"If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. And here i make a rule- a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last."- John Steinbeck

This quote is saying that if someone is being told a story about someone other than them, they will not listen because it is not interesting to them.  But if the story is about them then they will be more interested and it will mean more to them.  For example, if a person started a rumor about someone else, then that rumor will go around and people will here about it but it will not mean anything to everyone or affect the people that the rumor is not about.  It will only affect the people involved in the story.  Now if this rumor had everyone involved in it, then everyone would listen and actually care about what they are hearing.  This quote shows that everyone is somewhat full of themselves.  They only care about what is being said about them and how it affects them.  They do not really listen to stories they are being told about other people.