In narrative the audience has a storyline which is being followed. However, it is important to address from whose perspective we are looking at. Different characters give us a different view of how a specific story is being played out. A different view of the story help us, the audience, understand the narrative of the story better. Like Bakhtin states: heteroglossia is many touges, the story has multiple meanings, and this is where it’s coming apart. In essence it shares multiple points and “consists of a sequence of events involving characters that takes place in a particular setting thus the first step to understanding narratives is clarifying the concept of character, events, and setting” (Mittell, Pg 38).
As the film Pocohantas continues, we are exposed to a variety of characters, meaning that “The same story can be told in countless different ways, which greatly impacts what sense we make of a narrative” (Mittell, pg. 35). For example, we come across numerous of English settlers, Pochantas’s non-human friends (Meeko and Flit), and other Native Americans that belong in to village such as Kocum. Each give us an insight into a perspective to the film. For example, the english settlers way of thinking is different from that of Native Americans. Their ultimate goal is to find a gold and become wealthy, “Dig boys, dig, uncover those lovely pebbles that sparkle and shine, its gold…” On the other hand, Native Americans live and think differently. They see the earth as a gift that one must take care of. Everything to them has a spirit, and they don’t wish to build on their land, “These white men are dangerous.”
Moreover, the film has main characters, these are Pocahontas, John Smith, Chief Powhatan, and Governor Radcliffe. As mentioned above, Native Americans and Englishmen have different ways of thinking. Pocahontas and John Smith interactions highlights the fact that both of their people are different. These leading to the audience capturing the differences each has. It also bolsters the different perspectives we view the film from. Making us come up with our own opinion of the narrative of the story.
Thebiguglyalien. (n.d.). Pocahontas Character Blitz. Retrieved October 6, 2019, from https://www.sporcle.com/games/Thebiguglyalien/pocahontas-character-picture-click.
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This was a fun read, Maria. Your thoughtful observations make this a great post! When you’re editing it for the final post, I think it would be good to focus on creating a clearer thesis statement. You could probably do this really easily by structuring it around these point in your conclusion: “These leading to the audience capturing the differences each has. It also bolsters the different perspectives we view the film from. Making us come up with our own opinion of the narrative of the story.” This shows that your post has been geared towards emphasizing three main points concerning the way the narrative develops: it helps the audience capture (and perhaps unite?) the many different perspectives, it bolsters the different perspectives (through contrast/juxtaposition) and it encourages the audience to develop their own opinions about the story. Something like that stated at the beginning might help direct and clarify your post a little more. Other than that, keep up the great work! It’s looking really beautiful Maria!
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Read this, I can’t wait for your next post.
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Hands down, you have the prettiest blog 🙂 Love what you’ve done with images here!
You’ve selected the parts of the method (point of view, heteroglossia) well, and you chose really helpful quotes from the readings to set up the method.
However, this post seems a little scattered. The writing is a little less clear than usual; it feels rushed. You have excellent claims, but it would help to choose one example and show how different characters have different points of view about that moment, if you could. Or simply clarify your existing point by crafting a stronger throughline — that you are showing how the story presents many different stories. In other words, find a way to suture this all together.
You have strong pieces here, though, and I encourage you to keep at it!
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i really liked your post and how you explained each character in response to how narrative works it helped me understand it a lot more.
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Hi Maria,
I love your post! You have explained the narrative very well, which helped me understand narrative better. It is really how people see things from different perspectives. Your post is very organized as well, and you have applied the theory to the scene without mistake. I wouldn’t add anything specific to your post, because it is pretty clear, and simply… you did a great job! Keep it up!
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Read this Great job!!!
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Hi Maria,
First, I like how you introduce narrative and what it is all about. It’s nice to see what people’s topic is in the beginning and then eventually, we also get a detailed background on what Pocahontas is all about, and why you chose the topic. Secondly, the examples being used I think went along really well with what you were talking about and then you also tied in the book/readings along with the movie which gave really good description as well. Third, the characters that you recognized in your post helped us remembered who they were and I find those characters really cool. Really good job, Maria!
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