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Son Relationship In James Fenimore Cooper's The Last Of The Mohicans

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In “The Last of the Mohicans” written by James Fenimore Cooper, we are set back to the late 1750s. We are in a time where Native Americans still have a tight grip on the wilderness of America and the British are starting to set up colonies all over the east and starting to move westward. The father-son relationship of Chingachgook and Uncas is very similar to the father-daughter relationship of Munro and his daughters, but it also differs greatly. Both relationships seem to have a theme of respect, but for different reasons. Also, they both connect closely with an outside power such as god and nature. Lastly, the greatest difference about the two is how they protect and provide for their children. In the “Last of the Mohicans” the father-son relationship of Chingachgook and Uncas has a strong theme of respect. The way the Natives were raised was through respect. Now that Uncas is a man, the relationship is viewed by the father as man-man and respect is easily shown for their own individual actions. Now in the father-daughter relationship of Munro and his daughters, respect is given for other reasons. Munro is Colonel in the army and that seems to be a very obvious reason to the amount of respect his daughters show him. Now they don't respect everyone of his commands. IF they disagree they are open-minded enough to challenge their fathers judgment. So the idea of respect has many similarities and differences. …show more content…

Chingachgook and Uncas both look to nature as their type of god. In their times of need they believe that nature can be the one force who with guide and protect them. Now I say that the father-daughter relationship is driven by god because it seems that a lot of the times that the girls are re-involved in the story they're praying to their god. Whoever or whatever it may be, it is similar to how Chingachgook and Uncas are closely linked with

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