James Fennimore Cooper Hero Essay

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What is a hero? Of each person, the definition of heroes will be different. But generally , heroes are people who have strength, love the justice, help other people who need help, resourceful, keeps their words ,and fight against the darkness or bad people. In the story of James Fennimore Cooper about Deerslayer, we can see that the definition of James Fennimore Cooper is kind of similar and also have some different characteristics that he thinks the heroes needed. The story “Deerslayer” of James Cooper tells us about a young white man, he grew up with Mohicans and lived the wildness when he was a little. He is a lifelong friend of Chingachgook, a Mohican chief, and his son Uncas. In the course of the series, Natty Bumppo allies …show more content…

Just like a normal hero, Deerslayer is strong, including moral and physical. He is hunter , he travel around the wood everyday, he hunts a lot of animals, so he is strong in physical. In the story and the movie, we can see that by himself, he can defeat more than one enemies. .Also he has a good heart, he helps others , respects the elder, and hates the overreach and never working contrary to conscience. This is one of many characteristics of Deerslayer. The next characteristic of Natty Bumppo is fair and. Fair is a necessary characteristic for a hero, he treats people in the good ways and he is always fair, no matters that’s Indian or White. In the story either the movie, he killed other Indians just to save the Whites from the death. Also, he treated his people fairly, they all admire him like a leader, but for him they all are friends. And that is one of his characteristics. The next characteristic of Deerslayer is moral certainty and resourcefulness.. He knows what’s gonna happen and he knows what to do in that situation. When they ran away from other Indian, he was the person who decided what to do in that situation. Also when the Indian found out them, he planned to run away, and then come back to save his lover from the death. So he be like knew what is going to happen and know what to prepare for it. And that is one of his

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