RH+Summer+Questions

 1. Cooper used the American wilderness as a backdrop to his love story because it is a new land and it symbolizes a new love.  2. The novel takes place in 1757 because that’s was the time of the French and Indian War. HE describes the colonial frontier as a Newfoundland.  3. Natty Bumppo is a white boy raised by Mohicans, his nickname is Hawkeye. He is the protagonist of the story.  4. The English develop a trusting relationship with the natives and are enemies with the French colonists.  5. //The Last of the Mohicans// was considered a masterpiece in 1823 because of its popular character names, the love, the action, and the history.  6. I was confused by which tribes were allied with which colonists.