James Fenimore Cooper's The Last Of The Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans is an American classic, was written by James Fenimore Cooper and published in 1826. The Last of the Mohicans was written in the third person omniscient point of view, is a narrative and is in the Historical fiction genre. Cooper’s novel follows the story of the two daughters of a British general (Cora and Alice), the generals trusty major (Heyward), a tag along singer (Gamut), Their Huron guide turned renegade (Magua), and the last two noble Indians of their race (Uncas and Chingachgook). Cooper’s writing career was, oddly enough, started on a dare. One day he threw a novel down in disgust, saying he could write better. His wife Susan then challenged him saying if he could write better he should …show more content…
Uncas is shown as very elegant and noble in this novel. He has great physical and mental attributes. Uncas never shows fear even when he was almost killed numerous times. He, unlike his father Chingachgook, does not base his prowess on scalps and is instead noble and kind when need be. He shows this after helping to rescue the girls from the Hurons. Cooper says, “But Uncas, denying his habits, we had almost said his nature, flew with instinctive delicacy, accompanied by Heyward, to the assistance of the females, and quickly releasing Alice, placed her in the arms of Cora.” I believe the character that Cooper helps us understand the best is Cora. We are alerted of her background, family, and personality more so than any other character. She is kind, independent and does not show that she is afraid of death. She cares about her sister Alice more than she cares about herself. Cora is also very tough and unlike the majority of women in her time period. She doesn’t complain about anything. This makes her very special because she is very beautiful and doesn’t demand things from people. When Cooper wrote this book I believe he was just trying to write a thrilling story and put onto paper the viewpoints of the majority of settlers regarding race and religion. He establish that inter-racial relationships were not the norm or considered
The Last of the Mohicans is an American classic, was written by James Fenimore Cooper and published in 1826. The Last of the Mohicans was written in the third person omniscient point of view, is a narrative and is in the Historical fiction genre. Cooper’s novel follows the story of the two daughters of a British general (Cora and Alice), the generals trusty major (Heyward), a tag along singer (Gamut), Their Huron guide turned renegade (Magua), and the last two noble Indians of their race (Uncas and Chingachgook). Cooper’s writing career was, oddly enough, started on a dare. One day he threw a novel down in disgust, saying he could write better. His wife Susan then challenged him saying if he could write better he should …show more content…
Uncas is shown as very elegant and noble in this novel. He has great physical and mental attributes. Uncas never shows fear even when he was almost killed numerous times. He, unlike his father Chingachgook, does not base his prowess on scalps and is instead noble and kind when need be. He shows this after helping to rescue the girls from the Hurons. Cooper says, “But Uncas, denying his habits, we had almost said his nature, flew with instinctive delicacy, accompanied by Heyward, to the assistance of the females, and quickly releasing Alice, placed her in the arms of Cora.” I believe the character that Cooper helps us understand the best is Cora. We are alerted of her background, family, and personality more so than any other character. She is kind, independent and does not show that she is afraid of death. She cares about her sister Alice more than she cares about herself. Cora is also very tough and unlike the majority of women in her time period. She doesn’t complain about anything. This makes her very special because she is very beautiful and doesn’t demand things from people. When Cooper wrote this book I believe he was just trying to write a thrilling story and put onto paper the viewpoints of the majority of settlers regarding race and religion. He establish that inter-racial relationships were not the norm or considered