In America,England and France are fighting each other.Uncas,who is Indian and the last mohican,supports England and fights France.
I think Uncas is brave man,but character in this novel is many and it's a little difficult to understand. ( )

This week, I finished The Last Of The Mohicans, which took me a bit longer than most books of that length. The writing was particularly dense and descriptive, so I wasn’t getting through as many pages as I would in a lighter book. I’ve not seen the film, so the whole story was new to me, which is always a bonus.

I really enjoyed this one, and it’s the first classic I’ve dipped into for a couple of months. It’s easy to lose yourself in the 18th century American wilderness, and the characters are well fleshed out. I’ll say this for Cooper: he can write battle scenes brilliantly. Every assault by Indians, or attempt to hold a position by the heroes, was captured in a manner which got my heart pounding from paragraph to paragraph, and put the images in my head as clearly as if I were standing in the middle of that forest.

Having said that, I thought the writing style as a whole was over-descriptive. I’m more of a fan of a more minimalist style, probably as a result of reading a lot of contemporary works. When writing gets too wordy, it can become difficult to get through and less enjoyable for me. That’s probably why this book was a bit of a slog each day.

Nevertheless, I’m glad I persevered. I tried to read this book years ago, when I was about 18 or something, and gave up after about 20 pages because it just didn’t grab me. It’s been sat on my shelf since, and it was definitely worth picking up again. ( )

this scene of this story is in the east of North America.
In 1757,armies from England and France are fighting in North
America. Because Both countries want the land.But there are many
different Indian tribes."Mohicans"is one of it.They are fighting
for each army...
The hero is the last of the Mohicans.He is very brave man...
I think these Indian tribes were a sorry lot.
Because they were used by England and France.
Many times they were in danger, it keeps me in suspense. ( )

937 The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper (read 24 Dec 1967)Upon finishing this I said: It is so easy to see the flaws in the construction of the novel,yet one cannot help but be caught in the tide of events related. The book is laid at the time of the French and Indian War, and (SPOILER) ends sadly with the death of Uncas--the last of the Mohicans. Whether I will read the other three novels remains to be seen. [As of 5 Sep 2009 I have not, but I may yet!] ( )

Last of the Mohicans

It is 1828, and Last of the Mohicans has just been published. James Fenimore Cooper scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115. Up until that point no one had gotten such a terrible rating. Even though the book was “considered” to be bad, I found it to be an extremely compelling novel. He touches on the ever popular topic of family but at the same time on interracial love, which was a very racy and touchy topic. Most of all, the theme of religion and the act of being civilized in an uncivilized surrounding and the trials that men face against nature.
During the 19th century the concept of family was very popular. For women it fell along the lines of, you respect your parents and you marry a rich man. Yet, this traditional concept was not an option in the book due to their location. Cora and Uncas do fall in love but the ability to change the traditional family values for either of them is simply not a possibility. In Last of the Mohicans combines the themes of family values and race and how sometimes they are not always such clear lines. What was even more interesting is the fact the family values in Europe are based upon Christianity which happened to be to a comic relief in our story.
Gamut was the identified as religious throughout novel and was constantly mocked by Hawkeye (who was a father figure for Uncas). Gamut’s concept of pre-destination was consistently put down for its ridiculousness. This shows us the religion really doesn’t have a place in the wild. The wild is its own entity and cannot be controlled by a simple faith. As our story progresses we see that things that seemed impossible, were possible with the assistance of Gamut which in turn is the reader showing us that destiny can be changed with the right assistance.
Nature also plays a big role in the development of our characters, even from the beginning to the very end. The laws of civilization and religion sometimes do not apply to the forest, and some people back them had a hard time coping with that. Nature is seen as an iron willed entity with a soul. It breaks men to its choosing a forces them to return to their natural instincts. Colonel Munro touches on how men are no longer just fighting their enemies; they are battling the terrain too. European style combat will not work in the Americas for it presents a whole new set of challenge.
So even though our author received one of the most critical ratings of his time (114/115, 115/115 being the worst), Last of the Mohicans still incorporates very important values and themes. Especially for a novel which was published in 1826.