Last of the Mohicans Analysis

History time, Shmoopeople!So the Mohicans originally lived in an area that covered a lot of what is now New England—parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut were Mohican land. By the time The Last...

This point of view is pretty rare—in The Last of the Mohicans we're just given the actions of the plot, as outlined by an unnamed narrator. All we get are the facts, the whole facts, and nothing...

In the beginning of one of the best movies ever made, The Princess Bride, a kind grandfather introduces his grandson to an awesome book. "Has it got any sports in it?" the grandson asks. The grandf...

In Cooper's mind, your racial makeup determines how you act, what you believe, and whom you fall in love with. You can take on the attributes of another race (like Hawkeye), but there is an irreduc...

Cooper's style, in other words, is tough to get used to. Just check out the passage where Munro explains to Hawkeye that Cora is biracial: "There it was my lot to form a connection with one who in...

The title comes from the last line of the novel, when an old Native American says to a gathered crowd: "I have lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans." We guess Cooper thoug...

You may as well ask, "What's up with all the epigraphs?" One explanation out there is that Cooper uses Shakespeare and Byron and other passages from the works of old dead white guys as a means of l...

Let's take stock. Cora is dead. Uncas is dead. Magua is dead. Our faith in humanity is dead.Jeepers, that's a tough ending. The bad guy is dead, but the young Mohican and his lovely potential wife...

Okay, great. This appears to be pretty basic. Cora and Alice need to reunite with their father at Fort William Henry and they're going to need a little help: the path is confusing and full of Nativ...

The CallHere our characters have a very specific goal they would like to accomplish: Cora and Alice Munro need to join their father at Fort William Henry.The JourneyGosh, that's convenient. Our c...

Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas escort two pretty ladeez and their clueless military guide to reunite with their father at Fort William Henry.Fort William Henry falls to the French and its occupan...

General Montcalm received his first military commission at the age of nine. We received our first test on the multiplication tables at the age of nine. (Source)James Fenimore Cooper was expelled fr...

Nothing happening here, folks. Move right along. However, if this were a "Dudes Dressing Up Convincingly In Animal Costumes" rating, we'd give The Last of the Mohicans a triple-X.

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