The Last of the Mohicans

strengthened American education, and gave America an individual language apart from Great Britain. James Fenimore Cooper was apart of the “American Romantic Movement” because he wrote about the romance of the Indian Frontier life entitled “The Last of the Mohicans.” Also Francis Scott Keys wrote the Star-Spangle-Banner in 1814 which was originally a poem, and later converted to song in 1931 which is now the “National Anthem” of the United States, that expressed the joy of America after winning…

In the movie Last of the Mohicans, a tenacious individual, Nathanial, represents the idea of an American Romantic hero. He is a very strong-willed man that lives his life in the most honorable way. He saves people that he does not know and does not care for, but does it anyway because it is the right thing to do. His moral compass is pointed in the right direction and is respected by many men despite their beliefs. Nathanial is a very brave and courageous man that should be looked upon as a hero…

From grade school up until high school, we are all told what to do and what to study; however from the moment you walk across that podium and accept that diploma, you make the decisions. It is now your time to decide what you want to study and how to make that work in the real world. In all honesty, it feels like a right or wrong decision that you can only make once. Choosing a major in today’s modern world has become more about how much money you can make from that career instead of what you…

captivity narrative refers to a literal or symbolic, factual or fictional story in which a captor takes a hostage” (243), which include texts about real events, like Mary Rowlandson’s captivity, or fictional stories like Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans, a fiction about Indian conflict in the American frontier. The fictional side of the term is the part that made me think…

The novel series, “The Leatherstocking Tales,” written by James Fenimore Cooper is based on various conflicts about Nathaniel Bumppo, also known as Hawkeye. Hawkeye finds it difficult to combine the colonial and frontier cultures, allowing his true character to take place and become evident. He uses his ordinary skills that every hero has, bringing along Chingachgook and Uncas. Hawkeye expresses the significant ways of an American hero through his moral code, generosity, and resourcefulness.…

A review of the movie “Lincoln” directed by Steven Spielberg The movie Lincoln is an epic drama that was based on the biography, “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.” The movie artistically uses different styles and elements to take the audience back in time and recount the events that took place in the attempts to past the 13th Amendment to the Constitution during the Civil War. The movie effectively uses different types of lightning, music, and texture and colors to…

As settlers arrived in the new world, more land was required to accommodate the expansion. To obtain the land new relationships had to be built and the competition had to be eliminated. However, as a consequence, hundreds of innocent lives were lost in the fierce battle between the two nations. The following events were of importance because they led to the formation of America and its future ideologies. The French and Indian War did not strengthen the relationships between Colonists, Native…

Since I have been in Lubbock I have never gotten the opportunity to go to the Texas Tech Museum. Upon going to the museum I did not know what to expect. When I went recently, for the first time, went to the Texas Tech Museum I noticed that the museum had numerous of things in it such as dinosaurs, visuals for the Native Americans, Chinese artifacts, paintings and etc. Even though they had a lot to offer I just paid close attention to the paintings. I notice painting of emotions, painting of…

Mary White Rowlandson was born in England in 1639. She and her family immigrated to the U.S. and lived in Lancaster, Massachusetts. She married Joseph Rowlandson in 1656 and had four children with him. In 1676 some Native Americans invaded Lancaster and burned many houses and took many captives. Among the captives were Mary Rowlandson and her children. Rowlandson was released three months after she was captured and wrote a book, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration, telling the chilling…

At the time, the Native population was dwindling and they were restricted to reserves. As film was being invented, the U.S. 7th cavalry opened fire on the last free Native community at the Battle of Little Bighorn at Pine Ridge Indian Reservations in South Dakota (Diamond, "Reel Injun"). This incident influenced many people, especially filmmakers, to perpetuate the idea that Natives were a myth, as if they…