Also curious and free-spirited

she's one of the wisest princess among all

definitely.

I always saw her this way... She's not really that wise, at least, not until the very end of the film. Pocahontas "gains wisdom" over the course of the movie through her experiences, and finally has the courage to stay with her own people, and accept that that is part of "her destiny." With her newly found "wisdom" at the end of the movie, her "nobleness" stands out even more.

i love how attached she is to her culture and family

i saw her wisdom in being open-minded yet cautious to a complete stranger from a completely different part of the world. And the fact that she already knows how to value culture as well as environment and was able to communicate to a person who barely appreciates them. I think what she gains over the course was experience n thereby maturity to trust her wisdom.

I just have to say that of everyone in her tribe, she was the least "strongly attached to her culture and family roots" which was demonstrated by her running off to explore and jump off cliffs instead of adhering to her culture by staying in the fields to pick corn. Also she went to go investigate the ship and white settlers which is something none of the other Indians did without command because they actually were strongly attached to their culture but she wasn't. She was certainly attached to her mother but not really her culture.

Anyways I pick her maturity and wisdom because I live in America where women are losing maturity and wisdom like no tomorrow. I love that she respected those who were wiser and more mature than her by going to her father and grandmother willow for advice. I also love that she was smart enough to get the advice from multiple "ancestors" as she really wanted to understand. She heavily weighed every decision that she was going to make, no matter how right or wrong that it seemed. I find that to be increasingly rare so I personally respect and appreciate it, maybe more than most. As her father said after she persuaded him to spare Smith's life "My daughter speaks with a wisdom beyond her years" and I have never forgotten that line. It's great to see maturity and wisdom so greatly conveyed and I love that it didn't take anything away from her femininity or balance within herself. She was still playful and energetic so she didn't lose anything by being mature and wise, she only benefitted.

^i think we have strongly opposing view when it comes to culture - its respect and disrespect. I don't agree that by doing things differently makes you "not attached" or that it shows you disrespects your culture and family. Culture was also that she believed strongly in showing compassion towards others, quoting "whether we are copper or white skinned", culture was also she believed in the ancestral spirits, in different ways than people from her tribe. Despite her society said that John Smith to be executed for the murder of Kocoum, she could strongly oppose when the time came, because of her culture believed in living with harmony and peace. And because she was so well connected with her culture and her family roots, she could make peace with letting John Smith go.

^Hmm.. I never said anything about "respect" or "disrespect" any which way so I'm not quite sure where you got that from? I was just saying that she was not strongly attached to her culture because she's not very adherent to her own culture as well as being very open to new cultures. Those 2 things just aren't characteristics of someone who is "strongly attached to her culture and family roots". I don't think that has anything to do with her respect of the culture or not. How does "showing compassion towards others" have to do with her culture exclusively when the people of her culture, including her father, decided to go to war with the settlers while she was the only one who spoke against it? I never said she wasn't adherent to her culture at all, I said she wasn't "Strongly attached to" her culture because she doesn't seem to be, to me at all. She also wasn't strongly attached to her culture enough to choose marrying Kocoum before she even met John Smith. She went to Grandmother Willow because she wanted another choice that wasn't him, one that went against her culture.

True, you never mentioned about "respect and disrespect" and i wasn't quoting you either. I brought it up by myself to express my views on the context. And that is exactly what i meant, when i say "adhering to existing practices" for me doesn't truly implies as someone is "strongly attached" or "more attached" than someone who views the believes and values in their own ways. The tribe marched for war because they were blinded by rage and hatred for their man being killed by someone else. If they were to march to the war when Ratcliffe's crew landed right away, i'd have understood they didn't believe in co-existing in peace and harmony. I don't see how being open-minded makes you less attached to your own culture? I also don't recall she being outrightly rejecting Kocoum, she sincerely questioned her heart about it, that whether she wanted stability that Kocoum has to offer or whether she wanted the adventure that waited "just around the river bend". She also didn't go with John Smith even if she loved him, that for me says that the person is deeply attached to her culture that she chose her family over her heart.

Definetely! It's her trait I most relate too! I am also very patriotic and enjoy spending time in my hometown just beause it's my hometown. I also love spending time with my elders and relatives, especially celebrating holidays together. I love visiting my greataunts, my cousins.

I love and admire every of these traits, besides "curious and free-spirited"( which I don't dislike, just don't find that important) but this one is my absolute favorite.

What an awesome poll!

She has a lot of great qualities. She is one of my favorite Disney Princesses.