Do we like Pocahontas?
A character from Pocahontas (1995)
Our score: 9 out of 10. Yes, we'd back her. She's brave, curious and kind, and she works for peace when everyone around her is ready for a fight.
Pocahontas is the spirited daughter of Chief Powhatan. She loves the forest and the river, and her friends are Meeko the raccoon, Flit the hummingbird and the wise Grandmother Willow. Her father wants her to marry the serious warrior Kocoum, but she feels she is meant for a different path. Then English ships arrive, led by a gold-hungry governor.
She is bold and open-minded. Where others see strangers to fear, she sees people to understand, and she teaches Captain John Smith to see the land as something living rather than something to own. Her flaws are small: she is headstrong, and she keeps secrets from her father. Both come from curiosity and good faith, which is why she scores so high.
When the two sides edge toward bloodshed, she steps between them to stop the fighting. Her courage and her call for peace win over her father and many of the settlers. The ending is bittersweet. Smith has to leave, and she stays with her people as the one who made peace possible.