Essays Tagged: "Natty Bumppo"
James Fenimore Cooper and the growth of American Literature
enous materials. His greatest monument to American literature is seen in the Leatherstocking tales. Natty Bumppo, the main character of the pentology contains all the trappings of the American hero. T ... As Brookhiser states in his essay, 'readers went to Cooper not for his sociology but for his hero, Natty Bumppo (62).' Interestingly enough, Brookhiser goes on for a length to convince the readers th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Frienship and Heterosexual Love in Cooper's The Deerslayer
g the social mores of life in the west during the ninteenth century. Cooper depicts his protagonist,Natty Bumppo, also known as the deerslayer, as a a man who is caught between two worlds; the America ... ss of an attractive man in comparison to Hurry, but his personality is superior to that of Hurry's. Natty and Hurry represent conrasting ideoligies. Natty has a sharp eye, but he avoides unncessary bl ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Review For American Literture 1550-1770
a is actually preventing their progress and is allied to the French. We meet the character Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo, the central character in these so-called 'Leatherstocking Tales') and follow him and h ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The american hero
its popularity, the public pores into movie theaters to see movie-remakes of renown literary works. Natty Bumppo was the first true recognizable American hero. He was looked up to by the masses and is ... hero. He was looked up to by the masses and is still a popular symbol of the classic hero. Just as Natty Bumppo was the popular hero of his time, Indiana Jones is still the favorite of millions today ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
last of the mohicans
and Indian named Magua. Along their travels they meet a number of people including, David Gamut and Natty Bumppo. David is a religious follower of Calvinism, a major branch of Protestantism following ... sm, a major branch of Protestantism following theological tradition. They encounter the white scout Natty Bumppo who also goes by the name Hawkeye. Along with him are his two Indian companions, and th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History