Last Of The Mohicans And The Pioneer: An Analysis

Through out time there have been some great writers no doubt but one of the best to ever lay a pen to paper has to be James Cooper. The Leather stocking era that was established by Cooper has been honored by authors for ages. Cooper tries to focus on American Politician throughout these novels. Upon reading the story you will find the mention of land, law, and redefining unity that is established throughout the novel. These novels describe the difficulties that the Indians and early settlers faced. First, the description of Land in The Last of the Mohicans and The Pioneer is used more thoroughly in The Pioneer and less in The Last of the Mohicans. The town village used in The Pioneer is Templeton but some say it is based off of his father’s town in Cooperstown, New York. Scholars have actually sought to connect Cooperstown and Templeton and discover biological connections of Cooper’s personal relationships. The last of the Mohicans describes the importance of land ownership and emerging cultures. The novels both describe the meaning and importance of land in these periods of time (Tiffin 8). Second, the theme of law is played out throughout these entire novels. In the first scene of The Pioneer it portrays the issues of ownership, authority, and capitalism and the second delves in the divide into the divide …show more content…
Copper’s focus in Mohicans is to show that linguistic power translates into a sort of disposition where America is made stronger through racial cultural inclusion. Cooper accomplishes this goal by separating the nature of each races and showing how they clash throughout the novel. Cooper describes that this war is one, “which England and France waged for the possession of a country that neither was destined to retain” (Mohicans 8). Cooper also shows the political overtones and the struggle for land possession (Tiffin