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Last of the Mohican Responses 1. James Fenimore Cooper chooses to use the American wilderness as the backdrop to the love story because it symbolizes the secretive interracial feelings of Cora and Uncas like the secret cavern. It also shows the dangers of the forest compared to the dangers of an Indian man with a white woman. 2. The colonial frontier in 1757 is described as the American wilderness filled with hostile Indian tribes which are as dangerous as the war that is going on. 3. Natty Bumppo is also known as Hawkeye. He is a white hunter who is friends with Chingachook and Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe. This makes Natty Bumppo a focal character in the book because he introduces the last of the Mohicans and he helps Cora and Alice, General Munro’s daughter’s, through the forest and against the Huron tribe. 4. The English and the Native Americans sort of get along while the English and the colonists didn’t. The English provide the Native Americans land and weapons, while the colonists got nothing. The colonists wanted to be free from the English completely while the Indians tolerated them in return for their provisions. 5. “The Last of the Mohicans” is considered a masterpiece because it’s the first book of its kind to show the relationships between Indians and whites. It has romance and war all in one. 6. In the book, there are a few points that I did not understand about the Indian tribes but the relationships that went on in the novel were easy to understand.