My featured novel

The last of the Mohicans

I. About the Novel

Written in 1826, The Last of the Mohicans takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and England battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the English, with unpredictable and often tragic results. Descriptions of certain incidents in the novel, such as the massacre of the English soldiers by Huron Indians, embellish accounts of real historical events. Additionally, certain characters in the novel, General Montcalm in particular, are based on real individuals. Creating historically inspired stories was common in nineteenth-century adventure tales. In writing The Last of the Mohicans, Cooper followed the example of his contemporaries Sir Walter Scott and the French writer Alexandre Dumas, whose novelThe Three Musketeers takes even greater liberties with historical events and characters than The Last of the Mohicans.

Works Cited （参考文献）

SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 31 May 2016. <http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mohicans/summary.html>.

II. Versions of the Novel in the Mass Media

Works Cited （参考文献）

N.p., n.d. Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsT4vXmHk_E>.

III. About the Author

He is James Fenimore Cooper.

At the time of his death on September 14, 1851, Cooper was more successful and respected abroad than at home. Out of step with his countrymen, his work was very influential to European writers like Honore de Balzac and Leo Tolstoy. Yet, the weaknesses of Fenimore's fiction are quite well known and wide-spread. Mark Twain tore apart Fenimore's romanticism in Fenimore Coopers Literary Offenses (1895). Clearly, Fenimore's tone was criticized as being reactionary, romantic, and pedagogical in tone. However, Cooper did contribute a great deal to the genre of American fiction. In the grand enterprise, even today, everyone has read books and seen films that are directly and indirectly affected by Cooper's conception of Natty Bumppo and his creation of the American novel.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"Biography of James Fenimore Cooper." Biography of James Fenimore Cooper. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2016. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/cooper/cooperbiography.html>.

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point -character (登場人物 )

• 定義　：　an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene orgroup of genes

• 例：　Hawkeye： He is the hero of this movie.

　　　　　　     Cora：She is the heroin of this movie.

B. Reaction Point - setting ( 背景、設定 )

• 定義： arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where aplay or movie is enacted
• 例: This setting is Founding the eve of the Eastern United States

C. Reaction Point - appeal (魅力）

• 定義：attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
• 例 : this novel appeal for me.

D. My General Opinion

I　was a little sad when I read this novel . But I was really impressed.
I loved this novel.
I want many people to read this novel.