A imaxe que temos dos indios americanos débese máis ós contos de Ollo-de-falcón e, en particular, a O derradeiro dos mohicanos, que a calquera outro texto escrito. Non ha ser difícil para os lectores situarense na paisaxe e na accion referencial de centos de peliculas e libros onde os pobos indios, os "pel vermella", deambulan a traves desa epica e enorme fronteira americana. Ali a natureza convertese en parte integrante dos acontecementos. E a historia dos mohicanos, tribo algonquin asentada na costa de Connecticut.
The second of Cooper's five "Leatherstocking Tales", this is the one which has consistently captured the imagination of generations since it was first published in 1826. Its success lies partly in the historical role Cooper gives to his Indian characters, against the grain of accumulated racial hostility, and partly in his evocation of the wild beautiful landscapes of North America which the French and the British fought to control throughout the 18th century. At the centre of the novel is the celebrated "massacre" of British troops and their families by Indian allies of the French at Fort William Henry in 1757. Around this historical event, Cooper built a romantic fiction of captivity, sexuality and heroism, in which the destiny of the Mohicans Chingachgook and his son Uncas is inseparable from the lives of Alice and Cora Munro and of Hawkeye, the frontier scout. The controlled, elaborate writing gives natural pace to the violence of the novel's action: like the nature whose plundering Cooper laments, the book's placid surface conceals inexplicable and deathly forces.
Classic / American English Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls see their father again?
The second of Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales, this is the one which has consistently captured the imagination of generations since it was first published in 1826. Its success lies partly in the historical role Cooper gives to his Indian characters, against the grain of accumulated racial hostility, and partly in his evocation of the wild beautiful landscapes of North America which the French and the British fought to control throughout the eighteenth century. At the centre of the novel is the celebrated `Massacre' of British troops and their families by Indian allies of the French at Fort William Henry in 1757. Around this historical event, Cooper built a romantic fiction of captivity, sexuality, and heroism, in which the destiny of the Mohicans Chingachgook and his son Uncas is inseparable from the lives of Alice and Cora Munro and of Hawkeye the frontier scout. The controlled, elaborate writing gives natural pace to the violence of the novel's action: like the nature whose plundering Copper laments, the books placid surfaces conceal inexplicable and deathly forces.
Set against the French and Indian siege of Fort William Henry in 1757, The Last of the Mohicans recounts the story of two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of the English commander, who are struggling to be reunited with their father. They are aided in their perilous journey by Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his companions Chingachgook and Uncas, the only two survivors of the Mohican tribe. But their lives are endangered by the Mangua, the savage Indian traitor who captures the sisters, wanting Cora to be his squaw. In setting Indian against Indian and the brutal society of the white man against the civilization of the Mohican, Cooper, more than any author before or since, shaped the American sense of itself as a nation.
A classic adventure of tribal conflict and romance set against the fight for control of eastern North America in the 1750s, which was made into a blockbuster film starring Daniel Day Lewis. The French and the British are fighting a bloodthirsty war. Both sides are using Native American tribes to help them. Amid the chaos, two people from very different worlds fall in love, and must battle to stay alive.
Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls see their father again?
En esta novela se caracteriza la América colonial como un mundo en el que la belleza de la naturaleza ha sido mancillada por la violencia entre los franceses y los indios. Hay en ella una gran informacion sobre los rituales y creencias indias, y una gran comprension hacia la vida de los indios.En esta novela se caracteriza la América colonial como un mundo en el que la belleza de la naturaleza ha sido mancillada por la violencia entre los franceses y los indios. Hay en ella una gran informacion sobre los rituales y creencias indias, y una gran comprension hacia la vida de los indios.
