“We’re sorry to kill you, brother. We do honor to your courage and speed, your strength.” In James Fennimore Cooper’s well known classic, the last of the Mohicans, Chingachgook, and his two sons, Uncas, and the adopted Hawkeye, live with the British in nowadays New York. When Cora, and Alice are kidnapped by a Huron scout, Hawkeye and Uncas are put in charge of rescuing them. They are soon apart of a war. that they longed to stay out of: the French and Indian war. James Cooper incorporates the lessons he has learned such as don’t judge a man by his color into his book, Last of the Mohicans.
Born on September 15, 1789, Cooper grew up in Burlington, New Jersey. He was the eleventh child of William Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper. He was named after his grandfather who came from England to America. His family lived in New Jersey for his first five years, and then moved to New York. In 1802, he was accepted at Yale university. He could not get a degree because he was expelled in his senior year for playing a prank that did a lot of damage to the collages property. Upset at being kicked out of college, he became a sailor. By the time he turned 21, he had been accepted in to the Navy. In 1811, he…show more content… book, is certainly for more advanced readers that are skilled in reading proper and old English. Based on several opinions of those who have read The Last of the Mohicans, it is suggested that the movie is better than the book. Readers and critics alike, have found the book to be confusing when deciphering which character is being discussed. For example, Alice says “I am confused.” That is how most people certainly feel about this book by James Cooper, and New York Times agrees, “Cooper's writing style is somewhat laborious which has kept me from reading any of his other novels. I gave it 4 stars because of its significance and position in the history of American
