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Question 1- Why did James Fenimore cooper decide to use the American wilderness as a backdrop to his love story? James Fenimore Cooper used the American wilderness as a backdrop to his love story because it gives the story more of an adventure. Instead of having a normal love story where the two people fall in love and live happily ever after, he wrote the story with more drama. He made the reader think that the American wilderness was a good and dangerous place to be. Good because there was love but dangerous because there was fighting. The couples in the story had to fight to be together and in the end they died together.

Question 2- The Novel takes place in 1757. Describe the colonial frontier as Cooper describes it. The colonial frontier as Cooper describes it in the book was unpleasant. There was always fighting between the colonial frontiers because of territory. In the 18th century the goal for the Generals or Cornels was to have the most land and to fight anyone that stood in there way. Other then fighting within each colony there was peace. Everyone worked together and fell in love.

Question 3- Who is Natty Bumppo? Why is he focal point of the book? Natty Bumppo’s frontier name is Hawkeye, and he belongs to the Mohican tribe. He was born into a Native American family but Chingachgook took him in as his son. Hawkeye is very good at navigating his way through the woods and helps Cornel Munro find his daughters. As Natty Bumppo grew up, he became very familiar with different weapons. He is known to many people as long rifle and uses a rifle name killdeer. Question 4- Describe the relationship between, the English and the natives, and the relationship between the English and the colonists? The English and the native’s relationship started off with the Native Americans looking like savages, but soon found they could work together. At the beginning of the book Cornel Munro does not respect the Native Americans due to earlier incidences. When his daughters are saved by three Mohicans, Cornel Munro soon finds out that the Native Americans are not the savages he saw them as. The English and the colonists relationship started and ended with a feud. The book starts during the time of war. The colonists want Fort William Henry, so they pursed on attack until they have it. Cornel Munro has enough and hands over his fort to the colonists, when doing so the colonists begin a surprise massacre. Question 5- Why was "Last of the Mohicans" considered a master piece in 1823? “Last of the Mohicans” was considered a master piece in 1823 because of the setting it took place in. The book took place during the French and Indian war in 1750. Cooper wrote a war book combined with love. The book showed the confrontations between colonists and how the Native Americans were stuck in the middle with no other choice but to pick a side.

Question 6- What parts of the book confused you? The part in the book that confused me was the beginning. I didn’t understand that I was reading about two different groups; the British colonists and the Native Americans. I also didn’t understand the end of the book, when Uncas was trying to persuade the chief that he was someone else and to let the Munro daughters go.