I hated the novel when I had to read it in American Lit class at university and I don't like the movie that much, esp. as I always thought Uncas was pretty hot and as Hollywood is always changing endings of movies opposed to their original source they could have have him live and toss Daniel Day Lewis over the edge for once ;)
But the novel is pretty gross in the sense of White Man (well, the English) = good; Indian = backwards. Cooper might have written a classic but it is full of misconceptions and prejudices of his time. But I guess he thought highly of the supremacy of the white race :(
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Date: 2007-10-17 08:10 am (UTC)But the novel is pretty gross in the sense of White Man (well, the English) = good; Indian = backwards. Cooper might have written a classic but it is full of misconceptions and prejudices of his time. But I guess he thought highly of the supremacy of the white race :(