8/4/2019 TLM Final Questions

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The Last of the Mohicans

Final Questions

James Fenimore Coopers novel The Last of the Mohicans influencedliterature and attitudes towards the frontier, Native Americans, andAmerica itself for decades.

Cooper was the first major American writer to create a complex mythof white-Indian relations and of life under frontier conditions. -Historian Michael Kammen

These are final questions to help you review the main ideas andthemes in the movie. You will be able to work on these questions asgroups, and then we will go over them together as a class. Pleasewrite 1-2 sentences as your response.

1. The Native Americans seem either entirely good (Uncas andChingachgook) or entirely evil (Magua and most of the Hurons). Are

there any believable Indian characters in this movie? Do you believethe author of the novel was guilty of invoking racial stereotypes inhis portrayal of Indians?

2. What role does the concept of the frontier play in The Last of theMohicans?

3. In what way is Hawkeye the hero of the movie?

4. Discuss three examples of the clash between races or cultures(relationships, differing viewpoints, etc):

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5. What did you learn about colonial America?

6. What did you learn about the reasons for the American revolution?

7. What did you learn about 19th century Native Americans?

8. What did you learn about 19th century white colonial settlers?

9. What will you remember most about The Last of the Mohicans?