The Last of the Mohicans

The power of cinema has been remarkably significant in the world because of it’s ability to take you into worlds were anything can happen. You watch a movie where reality is often pushed to the side and imagination takes over. Movies have the ability to also tell truths about real world happenings that are not so easily talked about, allowing the viewer to understand what is actually happening. But, with power comes great responsibility. Hollywood’s representation of Native Americans has been…

After analyzing the humanities through the history of America from pre-history to Reconstruction, it becomes evident that Americans identified themselves as purely unique individuals with unlimited potential; while this idea was constricted to a certain group of people for some time, certain art pieces and literary works expanded the common American identity to a wider population, eventually causing it to lose its race label. The revolutionary Exploration era delved into the unfamiliar and the…

United States Nationalism after the War of 1812 The war of 1812 was primarily fought between the United States and Great Britain. The Outcome of the war was a draw, but even still after War of 1812 the United States ' nationalism grew. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines nationalism as "a feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries". Though the United States had a sense of nationalism…

Every night before bed, I waited impatiently for my grandma to read me one of her beautiful novels. I would walk into our room, where the shadows of the trees danced around the peach colored walls. The window that overlooked the moon glistened and reflected onto the candles that my grandma would turn off as soon as I fell asleep. We laid on the bed snuggled in my overly large blanket, my leg thrown over her in a way to keep her locked there. Her voice softened as she read me my favorite story…

The classic way of studying history in high school and many college courses is by memorizing facts, regurgitating them, and throwing in a little analysis that was also memorized. However, history is more than just dates and facts. History is the why behind the facts and events. History is how people felt about the events, and whether they were expected or unexpected, and what the responses to those events were. And studying history is more than just textbooks. Classically, history relied on…

(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 (1794-1878) The first important American romantic poet of international reputation famous for…