Last Of The Mohicans Analysis

The movie, the Last of the Mohicans, begins with the introduction of three of the main characters Hawkeye or Natty Bumppo, his adoptive Mohican father, Chingachgook, and Chingachgook’s biological son, and Hawkeye’s adoptive Mohican brother, Uncas. All three characters are introduced as hunters, where they hunt and kill a buck. Their introduction also leads to the introduction of other characters. These three characters travel through the woods after their hunt, to a family, whom they know, that lives in the woods of the frontier. Friends of the Mohicans, Alexandra Cameron and John Cameron, and their children, are introduced as housing the three for the night. These people are friends, and they act like it. They speak of their past, and lives for the present and future. When morning comes, the Mohicans and their friends go to a meeting for colonists. The meeting regards the colonists involvement in the French and Indian War. British officials are asking colonists to fight in colonial militias, but as part of the British. …show more content…
He is discovered to be a Huron, and when all the officers from the the party are killed by a war party that had followed them at Magua’s command, Duncan, Cora, and Alice have little chance of survival. During the fighting, Hawkeye and his brethren arrived and saved the travelers. Magua gets away with his life, and the Mohicans saved the life of the three British. Hawkeye introduces himself to Duncan and the girls, and agrees to escort them to Fort William-Henry, where General Munro, Cora and Alice’s father, is stationed. Through the journey, The travelers come across teh Cameron;s cabin. They find Alexandra and all of the children slaughtered, and they know it is by a traveling Huron war party, that is sweeping through the British frontier slaughtering innocents. Hawkeye and his family ignore their sadness and continue to the fort, as