Bravery of Magawisca to Save Everell Fletcher Catherine Sedgwick’s story of Magawisca and Everell is one that is well known, but definitely is told in a way that doesn’t make it easy to point out. Starting to read this section of her story it comes off as confusing at first, due to the fact that she takes a well-known tale and makes it her own. Looking more into what is being said in this story we see that it is no different than the great story of Pocahontas and John Smith. Many people know this famous story of how these two fell in love, and how Pocahontas sacrificed herself to save John Smith. Sedgwick’s story of Magawisca and Everell can even be seen as related to the Disney Movie Pocahontas in a way, with some very obvious similarities between the two. In Sedgwick’s story, “Hope Leslie”, it tells the story of Everell Fletcher’s (John Smith) account of Magawisca (Pocahontas), where Everell is taken prisoner and to be killed for a crime that he didn’t commit, which he is then in turn saved by Magawisca. In “Hope Leslie” Everell (John Smith) first comes into contact with Magawisca (Pocahontas) after he is taken prisoner by Magawisca’s father Mononotto, because he wants to avenge his son who was killed by the English during a massacre of the Indians. Mononotto believes that…show more content… She was also willing to turn against her own people for something she believed in. Sedgewick’s story of Magawisca and Everell has true meaning, and is very different then what has been said in the past sections in our book. In Volume A John Smith was seen as a person who talked a lot about himself and was based on his accounts of everything, while Sedgewick allowed the story to be more about the whole context of the events and allowed people to relate more to the story. Although this story may not be fully historically accurate it is one of my favorites so
