The Metaphors In James F. Cooper's The Last Of The Mohicans

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The issues American writers were facing is evident in their writing. Starting with James F. Cooper in his story “The Pioneers”, chapter III, The Slaughter of the Pigeons. This is the story of white men going hunting for pigeons. However, they are hunting, not for food, but for mere sport. They kill hundreds of pigeons for no reason other than to have fun. The Indian with them reprimands them for wasting food and killing unnecessarily. This is a metaphor to the white men slaughter of the American Indian. Additionally, In “The Last of the Mohicans”, Cooper discusses stories of founding fathers. An Indian and a white man are discussing the stories of their founding fathers. The white man accuses the Indian of attacking the original inhabitants

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