The protagonist of the story is a white hunter named Hawkeye; he shows superior knowledge about the natives, their home, and he also shows the ability to break racial barriers. Hawkeye states that he is only white and has no Native American blood even though he is great friends with the Mohicans, Chingachgook and Uncas. Since there are large culture and lifestyle differences between the whites and Native Americans a barrier is formed, but Hawkeye breaks the barrier by befriending two natives, making him socially advanced for his time. Hawkeye’s motives in the story are helped because he judges not by race but by character helping him make different choices than other white men furthering the conflict in a different direction than a normal
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Magua is very vengeful and deceitful in his actions. Magua used to be a chief in his tribe but he was cast out because he was drunk and Colonel Munro enforced his leave, shaming Magua. Also, Magua desires to marry Munro’s daughter Cora. Since Magua was kicked from his tribe he seeks vengeance because of the humiliation that took place and so he wants to marry Munro’s daughter. During this time friendship between the Native Americans and whites were very unstable, but intimate relationships were frowned upon by white men making this an excellent way for Magua to exact revenge on Munro by striking at his pride and mental state. One of Magua’s aliases is “Le Renard Subtil” which means the subtle fox, also when the English surrendered and came out of the fort they were attacked by Native Americans even though they were told they had safe passage and Magua uses this time to capture Alice and Cora. In many cultures the fox is seen as a trickster, and the name subtle fox fits Magua in the sense that he deceives and tricks his foes. When the Native Americans launched the attack the Magua used it as a distraction to capture the two girls Cora and Alice showing his deceitful nature, and Magua had a part in staging the attack deceiving the English and their thoughts of safe
Magua is very vengeful and deceitful in his actions. Magua used to be a chief in his tribe but he was cast out because he was drunk and Colonel Munro enforced his leave, shaming Magua. Also, Magua desires to marry Munro’s daughter Cora. Since Magua was kicked from his tribe he seeks vengeance because of the humiliation that took place and so he wants to marry Munro’s daughter. During this time friendship between the Native Americans and whites were very unstable, but intimate relationships were frowned upon by white men making this an excellent way for Magua to exact revenge on Munro by striking at his pride and mental state. One of Magua’s aliases is “Le Renard Subtil” which means the subtle fox, also when the English surrendered and came out of the fort they were attacked by Native Americans even though they were told they had safe passage and Magua uses this time to capture Alice and Cora. In many cultures the fox is seen as a trickster, and the name subtle fox fits Magua in the sense that he deceives and tricks his foes. When the Native Americans launched the attack the Magua used it as a distraction to capture the two girls Cora and Alice showing his deceitful nature, and Magua had a part in staging the attack deceiving the English and their thoughts of safe