'The Long Rifle' By James Cooper

Having to grow up in a big household, dealing with his siblings deaths, and fathers; experiencing the pain at a young age can spark his driving force to success. James knew information about Indians by reading other books from different authors, while becoming older James knew there was a few Indians and wildmen left.
In addition Hawkeye is a hunter or scout for his team having a rifle named “The Long Rifle“, he moves better in the forest rather than society. Throughout the book Hawkeye stays in the wilderness most of the time; he connects more with Indians and whites like his friends, Uncas and Chingachgook because he wants to help them and do whats right, but he never claims to have any type of Indian in him. Also, Hawkeye is more cultural
diversity, being with both Indians and whites together. Next, Uncas’s father Chingachgook is one of the last members of the Mohican tribes, and unca is the youngest and last member of the Mohican tribe. Uncas begins to catch feelings for a girl, “ Cora Munro “, but Cora’s leader turns out to be Magua, who is the books antagonist . Magua has lead them into the wrong direction for the last of the Mohican tribe to be killed. Cora Munro attracts the young Mohican Uncas and has some feelings for him also. Allce Munro and Heyward are in love but race divides, separates them; In addition to that, Allce is the younger half sister of Cora. Heyward does not know the land as much and gets lost very often which gives Hawkeye some issues, but Heyward is an American colonist and ranked major in the army.
Furthermore, the theme of this book is overcoming the difficulties of racial -division and -, -Mother Nature and Native Americans receding to European colonialism. - Losing his family could’ve changed the way he viewed racism, knowing and feeling what it’s like to lose the people you love and how quickly life can end. - It could have something to do with his losses, wanting to do what’s right and wanting to have everybody feel equal to each other- - Hawkeye can be Cooper in “ The Last of the Mohicans “, Hawkeye is the one trying to save his friends Chingachgook and Uncas from Maguna. -When James was growing up he went to Yale University at the age of 13, - Cooper had a spark to do well, -perhaps for his siblings.But Cooper started having behavior issues, - -exploding in the restroom and even bringing a donkey into class,and having it sit in the teachers chair. Yet, No one knew why he began to act up. But, again also losing family or somebody close to changes you, he was doing great for the young age in the University, but could have still been on on his mind thinking of loved ones. -he reasons of Coopers theme and his character choices are to make himself feels like a better person. Overall, the tone of the story is encouraging by Cooper, having Hawkeye show how learning from Indians is possible without bringing his own culture into it.
Cooper shows how dangerous racism can be by wanting to kill small towns or ones just being hated, but Cooper also shows that Hawkeye - has the possibilities - of being able to survive in the wilderness. Moreover, Maguna wants to end the Mohicans; when Uncas and Cora saw each other, Maguna said “ Who that looks at this creature of nature, remember his shade of skin? “, in that quote the author, James Cooper, directs the racism of Maguna got against the
Mohicans. The conflict is Maguna leading them in the wrong direction, this is how we get the villain of the story. him leading Mohicans into the wrong direction has everything to do with him being racist to Chingachgook and Uncas all the quotes given like “ The spirits that made men colored them differently “ or “ Some are blacker than the sluggish bear. “ These he said “ should be slaves ordering them to work forever, like the beaver.
". True events like the French and Indian war; and racial divides at that time were serious. Just looking different from each other made to kill or become slaves, different culture, religion, and where their from. Because it is a true Historical event it makes my mind turn on his own experience. Another conflict is Maguna captures Cora, Alice, and Uncas. The resolution is the Delaware has defeated but Cora and Maguna got away; Maguna then took Uncas and Alice; buring Uncas and Cora. Hawkeye and the Delaware go out looking for Maguna but he already killed Uncas and Cora, after that commits
suicide. -, the Mohicans originally lived in New England, but when the French and Indian war came; the mohicans have been moved into a small part of New York. Before being an actual big city it, New York was a wilderness like a forest. Giving some text in the book to show imagery and give some more figurative languages ideas about how it might look and what’s in the forest(New York). “The imp brushing over the dry leaves, like a black snake” and “I have listened to the wind playing its music in the branches of the girdled trees”(-“ I hear cracking in the air like the sound of stepped on branches”(- “Life is an obligation which friends often owe eachother in the wilderness”; “ These woods are no better than last years horns on a buck”. “We are lost” and “She was the first to dash aside the slight branches of the bushes, and the following runner along the dark and tangled pathway.” All these phrases coming from the book gives ideas about how the setting will look and where. The Last of The Mohicans is told in third person point of view, not giving any of the characters thoughts but gives the actions, Cooper gives more events describing Hawkeyes actions. At the start of the book Cooper starts with Munro sisters and Heyward then, switches to pronounce Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas. Cooper gives great detail, dialogue, and historical facts. The story’s structure is for Cooper to give third person point of view with very detailed dialogue is outstanding; because he keeps the audience on the edge of their seat to find out what’s happening next.