Реферат: James Fenimore Cooper

people as characters. Major Andre was mentioned several

times in this novel. In real life, Major Andre was a

revolutionary war spy for the British (Campbell1). Cooper

used vivid imagery to portray the realities of war. In the

beginning Chapter 8, he writes, ?With fire and sword the

country round was wasted far and wide; and many a childing

mother, then, and new-born infant died; but things like

these, you know, must be at every famous

victory.?(Campbell2). Cooper realized the source of this

novels success and continued to use an historical theme

throughout his later novels.

The Pioneers was Coopers next novel and although it had

a ?markedly different tone?(Ringe16), it was just as

successful as The Spy. Instead of using the war theme this

time, he dealt with something that was also familiar to most

Americans. He used the basic idea that ?the American

wilderness must be invaded and destroyed if civilization is

to spread across the continent?(Ringe16). The setting of

this novel was Coopers home town of Cooperstown, New York.

It centers around disputes between American Colonists and

the Native Americans. Another important asset to this book

is the use of imagery. ?Cooper depicts a landscape in the

process of change from the untouched wilderness hunted by

Leathingstocking and visited by Judge Temple when he came to

survey his possessions, to the placid domestic scene of

1823?(Ringe16). This novel starts out with Judge Temple,

Leathingstocking, and Oliver Edwards all shooting at the

same deer and then all of them trying to claim it.

Throughout the rest of the novel, hostilities rise. The