Compare And Contrast Last Of The Mohicans

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The Last of the Mohicans, Uncle Tom’s cabin, and Connecticut Yankee genres are fairly similar just in different ways. All three of the novels take place in the nineteenth century and all have a tragedy and adventure plot point. The authors take these genres and use them to the best of their ability in the novels. The genres bring freedom, faith, and death through all of the pieces of literature. In Last of the Mohicans, Cooper's novel is set forty years in the past. It takes place in the wilderness in what will soon become the New York state. Cooper uses the source of facts to create his adventure, captivity narrative, and tragedy/romance. The Mohicans and Chingachgook and Uncas become in battle with the French and Indian war. Cooper writes

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