Bi Pocahontas

Group members:

Ho Truong Phuong Thao

TranThi Hong Nhung

Nguyen Van Huy

Group members:

Ho Truong Phuong Thao

TranThi Hong Nhung

Nguyen Van Huy

The Pocahontas Incident

John Smith

Instructor: Dr. Le Thi Thanh

The Pocahontas Incident

John Smith

Instructor: Dr. Le Thi Thanh

AMERICAN LITERATURE i

AMERICAN LITERATURE i

Objectives:

* Understanding author's biography and his work

* Understanding Pocahontas's biography

* Answer three important questions about his work

A. John Smith's biography

John Smith (1580 – 1638) had had a heroic life since he was not only a English soldier but also became explorer and author. He contributed a part of his life to be the Captain of the first ship which made a landfall at Massachusetts in 1602 to explore New England. He was also memorized for the founder by setting up the English settlement at James Town, Virginia.

John Smith's life experienced many adventures when he was an adolescent in Europe. His life time had been through many coups such as fighting with the Turk, becoming a slave which was sold to Asia Minor, killing his captors... At twenty-seven years old, he sailed to New World and explored the Chesapeake Bay, the shores of New England. He also got a friendly relationship with Native Americans.

Moreover, he also was a famous writer and made some well-known books included A True Relation (1608), A Map of Virginia with a Description of the Country (1612), The General History of Virginia, New-England. The Pocahontas story appeared in the Summer Isles (1624). John Smith had been probably offered an important role to the first colonial writing in America.

B. About the work:

This work described the episode that John Smith had been saved by the princess Pocahontas since he was captured and in the hands of Indians. This account was narrated by “him” - the third person to tell the audiences how the story happened. There were some detailed we should pay...