Pocahontas Poetry

 And, if you eat
of the fruit of Disney
you will die. —Ed Ochester in Pocahontas

     So I'm not exactly sure what the author was trying to get at through this entertaining poem.  It kind of just sounds like a rant about how much he dislikes all things Disney.  It was strange, watching part of the Disney movie tonight; you realize how unrealistic everything is and how much you thought it made perfect since when you were little.  Now that I think about it though, I don't think there is another animated Disney movie that is based on actual people or events.  Maybe the author was upset that the Pocahontas movie was so misleading and strayed so far from actual events (a lot of which we don't know loads about) and was produced by one of the biggest companies in America.  I think Disney is a huge enterprise in American culture; there aren't many kids that have never seen a Disney movie.  I feel like they should have either stuck closer to actual events in the Pocahontas movie or not make a movie based on actual events.  Until this class, I didn't really know what actually happened in her life, and I really only remembered what happened in the movie.  I feel like that isn't very fair to her and her memory, and like the author seemed to say, I blame Disney (as well as myself).