The in-depth book, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma by Camilla Townsend not only vividly describes the interaction of The English and Natives so well but sets explicitly the stage of what might have occurred during the Seventeenth century. Author Townsend approached this striking era in history with a focus on the chronological life story of Pocahontas. Furthermore, Townsend commenced the shortcomings and advantages that Pocahontas alongside her father Powhatan, and even the English encountered. The English had the desire to acquire land and unfortunately, with that obligation, this significantly impacted the Powhatan Confederacy.
Throughout Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, Townsend has an eloquent way of elaborating her argument over …show more content…
Not only did the author express the story with such diligence, but she also elaborated on what occurred in the Seventeenth Century in the New World. The strengths of this book all provided legitimate primary and secondary sources that backed up the overall interaction between the Indians and English. For instance, the images throughout the book depicting the time and events occurring helped the readers not only visualize that moment but showed a different side of the story than expected. There were times of despair for both sides, and they also had their struggles along the way during this time in history. Additionally, the secondary sources Townsend used had thorough reasoning to what might have happened during that time. The weaknesses of this book I must say is just the straightforward fact being was that there were entirely no primary sources from the woman herself, Pocahontas. Not only were there no primary sources from Pocahontas, but you heard second hand from diaries and such of Englishmen. Which can raise questioning as to if their stories were even legitimate to the events that occurred on the discovery of the New World and impact of they had on the
Throughout Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, Townsend has an eloquent way of elaborating her argument over …show more content…
Not only did the author express the story with such diligence, but she also elaborated on what occurred in the Seventeenth Century in the New World. The strengths of this book all provided legitimate primary and secondary sources that backed up the overall interaction between the Indians and English. For instance, the images throughout the book depicting the time and events occurring helped the readers not only visualize that moment but showed a different side of the story than expected. There were times of despair for both sides, and they also had their struggles along the way during this time in history. Additionally, the secondary sources Townsend used had thorough reasoning to what might have happened during that time. The weaknesses of this book I must say is just the straightforward fact being was that there were entirely no primary sources from the woman herself, Pocahontas. Not only were there no primary sources from Pocahontas, but you heard second hand from diaries and such of Englishmen. Which can raise questioning as to if their stories were even legitimate to the events that occurred on the discovery of the New World and impact of they had on the