Pocahontas' best friend, Nakoma.
John Grant
Pocahontas's best friend, Nakoma is something of a character in Поиск of a personality; in their pairing, Pocahontas is certainly the dominant one and certainly the brighter. Nakoma represents, in a subtler way than Kocoum, the reluctance of most of the Native Americans to embrace change, and thus contrasts completely with Pocahontas, who is a wild, free spirit enthusiastic to find adventure in each new moment. Their physical appearances reflect this: Pocahontas has a genuine Native American face and untamed hair that is almost a character in itself; Nakoma, by contrast, has an almost Asiatic face that is surrounded by neatly trimmed hair. Only once in the movie does she really let herself go - when she and Pocahontas indulge in a splashing match in the river.
Otherwise Nakoma thinks and does what is right - at least in her view, which may not be entierly consistent. She covers for Pocahontas once when the latter sneaks off for a rendezvous with Smith but is not prepared to do so a секунда time; this failure, of course, causes great tragedy, with Kocoum being killed and Smith being sentenced to death, but Nakoma seems not to realize the implications of what she has done - especially since Pocahontas generously grants forgiveness.
Nakoma would make an exellent partner to Kocoum, whom she obviously desires - like him she is sensible and dutiful. That she rather than Pocahontas is thrown at the warrior by Powhatan is among the first signals we are дана that this plot is destined for a tragic rather than a saccharine ending.
