“The Leatherstocking Tales” written by James Fennimore Cooper centers on the adventures of Nathaniel Bumppo, also renamed Hawkeye by his Native American adopted family. After the influence of the Native culture takes held of a young Nathaniel, he struggles to conform to society’s expectations of right & wrong in 1750s Colonial America. Nathaniel is considered to be a lot of things such as a savage, gentleman, a killer and a piecemaker, a loner and lastly a lover is it possible?
The Frontier provides Nathaniel with the latitude/opportunity to live a life of juxtaposition/ opposites. His identity is comprised of many facets. Among them are the rules of a savage and a gentleman. In the film adaption of the series Nathaniel brutally strikes a Huron Indian. The first blow incapacitates him;however, Nathaniel continues to strike beyond sensibility. Shortly after the bloody confrontation, Nathaniel ran to Cora’s side comforting her with his still …show more content…
Hawkeye before in The Deerslayer was more of a non violence individual he only killed if he had to, but he rarely ever did. Nathaniel got into the situation where he almost was going to use his rifle but then hesitated because he just didn’t have the heart to the quote “ an Indian leaped from the bushes upon the open area of the point, bounding towards the canoe. This was the moment the young man desired. He rose on the instant, and levelled his own rifle at his uncovered foe; but his finger hesitated about pulling the trigger on one whom he held at such a disadvantage.” shows that he was thinking about killing him but then his morals and conscious told him not to. Later on Nathaniel seems to care less about having a motive to kill someone and just goes on to kill people. Eventually Nathaniel kills an attacking Indian in self-defense. Afterwards he carries him to the lake and comforts
The Frontier provides Nathaniel with the latitude/opportunity to live a life of juxtaposition/ opposites. His identity is comprised of many facets. Among them are the rules of a savage and a gentleman. In the film adaption of the series Nathaniel brutally strikes a Huron Indian. The first blow incapacitates him;however, Nathaniel continues to strike beyond sensibility. Shortly after the bloody confrontation, Nathaniel ran to Cora’s side comforting her with his still …show more content…
Hawkeye before in The Deerslayer was more of a non violence individual he only killed if he had to, but he rarely ever did. Nathaniel got into the situation where he almost was going to use his rifle but then hesitated because he just didn’t have the heart to the quote “ an Indian leaped from the bushes upon the open area of the point, bounding towards the canoe. This was the moment the young man desired. He rose on the instant, and levelled his own rifle at his uncovered foe; but his finger hesitated about pulling the trigger on one whom he held at such a disadvantage.” shows that he was thinking about killing him but then his morals and conscious told him not to. Later on Nathaniel seems to care less about having a motive to kill someone and just goes on to kill people. Eventually Nathaniel kills an attacking Indian in self-defense. Afterwards he carries him to the lake and comforts