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Analyze the presentation of the Indians and Indian values in the Last of the Mohicans in the scenes in the village of the Hurons

Last of the Mohicans

The story of the Last Mohicans is about war stories , adventure , frontier romance , pioneer life and racism . The novel is a historical fiction that takes place during the third year of the Indian and French war in 1755-1763 . Indians play a very significant role in Indian and French since some of them became the French ally to help them explore the wild forest frontier of western New York . The story though didn 't focus much on the detailed events of the French and Indian War , but on the

consequences of the interracial friendship and romance , revenge , nature and combat scenes in the wilderness . Cooper emphasizes the tensions between nature and culture , between nature and man and between the Whites and Native Indians . To clearly understand how Cooper portrayed the Indians , it 's important to know some of the characters that significantly revealed the real nature of Indians and how they are treated in the story . Cooper 's novel is basically about race and how the character overcomes and treated the racial segregation . It is a story of Indians and Americans who believes in social and class status

In the story of the Last of the Mohicans , racial tensions are evident In the beginning of the story , Indians were portrayed as natives who have vast familiarity with the terrain . The Indians expertise in the wilderness is portrayed by the character of Magua , an Indian of the Huron tribe who has a sharp understanding of white 's prejudices...

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