Natty Bumppo

There has been a dynamic relationship between men and women throughout history. In the traditional patriarchal societies, women have been disproportionately prejudiced and discriminated against more than men. Albeit with some similarities, men-women relationships have been depicted differently in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans. The different portrayals of such relationships in the two texts reflect the different settings and time periods in which the texts…

Stories that teach the importance of responsible interaction with Nature are seen throughout much of American literature, in particular much of Native American stories, such as "The Trickster Cycle", due to their cultural and practical relevance. The same lessons appear in colonial American literature, but more often as a response to irresponsible practices due to the sudden nature of the arrival of colonists and their swift westward expansion as seen in James Fenimore Cooper’s The Pioneers. In…

In former United States President Lyndon Johsnon’s passage, he states “you do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, and bring him to the starting line of a race, saying, ‘you are free to compete with all the others’, and still justly believe you have been completely fair”. In this passage, Johnson is explaining that even with abolishing the slavery of Africans, African-Americans are placed in the bottom within the system, in which Whites are placed ahead to…

“Noble Savages”: The Real Meaning The definition of “Noble Savages” according to the Oxford dictionary, is that a “Noble Savage” is a representative of primitive humankind as idealized in a Romantic literature, symbolizing the innate goodness of humanity when free from the corrupting influence of civilization. This means that a noble savage is someone who can be good even though the world around him or her is not civilized. In the Last of the Mohicans, Cooper's portrayal of “Noble Savage” is…

One day, Cooper’s wife was reading aloud Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Cooper criticized the book, which resulted in his wife betting him to write literature of better quality (Rosenblum). The result was Precaution, which launched Cooper’s literary career (Rosenblum). After the publication of Precaution, Cooper wanted to write about the American landscape and history in an effort to entertain his readers (Rosenblum). He then published his second novel, The Spy which was immensely popular and…

The Last Mohicans Natty Bumppo called Hawkeye is a native Indian hero who faces different struggles along his journey. But as a hero, he has moral codes and guidelines he has to follow and it is wrong for him to break those rules. On his journey he runs into an enemy Huron Indian and gets put into situations along with near death experiences “The savages were so near, that the least motion in one of the horses, or even a breath louder than common, would have betrayed the fugitives.” He also had…

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,…

was initiated by the English Colonel Monroe. This act set a fire of hatred in Magua and led many of his later actions. The noble indians, Uncas/Chingachgook, was solemn, levelheaded, and attuned to nature. The ‘white indian’ is also introduced. Natty Bumppo (Hawkeye), who makes it clear that he has no indian blood, is as indian as they come. He is not better at everything as the white indian stereotype later comes to describe, but I believe that he is the basis for idea. The novel isn’t known…

first American writer internationally acclaimed, most famous for his book The Sketch Book (1819-1820) including - “Rip Van Winkle” - “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) The Leather-stocking series皮袜子/皮裹腿系列小说 (Natty Bumppo wearing long deerskin leggings) - The Pioneers (1823) 《开拓者》 - The Last of the Mohicans (1826)《最后的莫希干人》 - The Prairie (1827)《大草原》 - The Pathfinder, (1840)《探路人》 - The Deerslayer (1841)《猎鹿人》 William Cullen Bryant…