The Last Of The Mohicans Summary

The Last of the Mohicans The Last Of the Mohicans is one of the books from The Leather-Stocking Tales series written by James Fenimore Cooper. The book is set on the frontier during the french and indian war and follows the main character, Hawkeye, who is a white man that was adopted by a native american man and raised by him from the age of two years old. The book is about Hawkeye, his father, and his brother helping a soldier transport two women to a fort after they were attacked by an indian tribe and all of their men were killed. The book shows how Hawkeye, a white man raised by indians, could live in society as either a white man or an indian. Hawkeye is also the first hero of popular fiction in the United States. Hawkeye is a simple character who the reader doesn’t have to do much thinking to figure out. It is obvious that Hawkeye could live in society as a white man or an indian. For example Hawkeye showed white morality when he was attacked by an indian trying to steal his canoe. When the man was reloading Hawkeye could have killed him but he didn’t because he wasn’t properly armed and it went against his white morality. Another example would be after Hawkeye killed the indian who …show more content…
Some examples would be when the indian was trying to steal his canoes and he wouldn’t shoot him because his gun wasn’t loaded which made him improperly armed and an unfair fight. He also believes people should die with dignity. He showed that when he shot the indian and instead of leaving him to die alone he stayed with him. All the indian wanted was water and Hawkeye showed his morality by saying, “Ay, water you shall have, if you drink the lake dry. I’ll just carry you down to it that you may take your fill. This is the way, they tell me, with all wounded people - water is their greatest comfort and delight” (8) so Hawkeye took him and got him water. Hawkeye also wouldn’t scalp people because it was against his