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The Relationships In James Fenimore Cooper's The Last Of The Mohicans
In this story The last of the Mohicans, that was wrote by James Fenimore Cooper. There were two characters, Chingachook and Uncas. They were father and son. The father/son pair are close together, which emply to me that they have a good close relationship. They also talk about a pride the man has in his son. This relationship seems to be a man-to-man relationship as where they respect themselves.

Uncas had a very stern relationship with his father. Uncas was only allowed to speak when his father would let him. he was very obedient to chingachook and respected him. they had love on the inside and a rough relationship on the outside. Chingachook was a hard man to have as a father. Towards the end of the story, when Uncas had passed away,
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