The Last of the Mohicans

Is racialism a choice or not? The novel The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper, did provide evidences of racism as practice not further by Americans scarce also by other cultures which suggests a strong indication on the possible grow of racism. This paper because attempts to dramatize this new found reality that whitethorn not be known or accepted by many. The lead part thesis of the paper is stated in the following propositions (1) the racism has its roots in nature and it must be having been part of serviceman nature. (2) That racism has been practiced due to native-borns wanting to preserve their cultures, and (3) that racism is powerfully felt in gender mix.Since the primal Americans are forced to break with their colonizers, refusal to intermarry with the European colonizers must have been a intrinsic involvement to do. Hence what is ever is happening as racism in the coupled States must be traced back to this great of American history. To dwell at th at placefore on the belief that discrimination is a well-planned reaction to other cultures may seem to find litter support as it not natural to hate or discriminate other plurality.There must be a prior experience in the past that has entered the subconscious level. non surprisingly hence champion could read in the American books stories and novels that my have the colors or some racial problem. But the racial reactions was not chosen voluntarily as intended reaction but a subconscious reaction become something hurtful that has happened in the past.The abridge of apparently prohibited a internal racial sort betwixt cultures is depicted in the novel The Last of the Mohicans by Fenimore Coopers. The word miscegenation, which the cut down word for the sexual racial mixture has taken its meaning from two parts miscere and genus is apparently used in the at the end of the nineteenth century, and the word was actually found mainly in the analysis of forward literary works. In appreciating therefore the reality to a profound and virtual(prenominal) portrayal of gender and racial relations amid Native Americans and bloodless lot in the end of Indian and French Wars in his novel, rootage Cooper made an introduction of his own vision of early native Americans taking the position that miscegenation should be prohibited.It may be argued that the animated political and social issues are indeed square offd by the attitude of sportsmanlike people towards Native Americans in the past. To be specific about it wiz may check that the at the end of the seventeenth century there were indeed some American states to have passed specific laws that were aimed at prohibiting sexual racial mixture and this may inferred to have deprived people of antithetic races, with the exception of the white population but not without the undeniable rebound as far as the American political rights particularly entrancement to the principles of equality.On taking the contrary view miscegenation may change magnitude the differences between two races but people then or may even this could aggravate these distinctions because people would be detached and removed from their normal background signal and by forbidding them from integration into the new environment.This could observed by the fact Americas vision as seen by some is large beat of what the countrys have projected as a mock up about a future-realizable condition, instead of using the past to look the bit using creator. With this seeming mismatch, America may have been involved in complex racial tensions and conflicts which appeared to be directed Native Americans. This same reason was also evident in Coopers rejection of sexual mixture in the book.In his portrayal of gender relations and miscegenation in the novels, Cooper may be opening the minds of those who know the real background or origin of racism as a social phenomenon. non many people will disagree that the US the country that brou ght a into living together as community of people from different races if one will observe that such may have even started from the period of colonization. Since colonization may only be a desire to influence other cultures.But as soon as the process of fundamental interaction was started it, history has recorded about colonizers making constant attempts to destroy beliefs of Native Americans both from the cultural and religious aspects. The most immediate reaction only was for the indigenous population with America to want preservation of their cultural indistinguishability which normally is conflicting to the principles of white people.It is proper at this point to promote evidence from the text why Cooper has shown rejection of sexual mixture between races. In his narration, Fenimore Cooper has described the people or case in the novel with mixed and unmixed blood. One of the characters in the novel is Hawkeye, who condescension the fact of being culturally connected with bot h white people and Indians, he is pictured by author as a soul without a cross1 The author may have the same treatment of Alice Munro who is described as surprisingly fair2.For another character by the name of Chingachgook, the author has presented as an unmixed Mohican. Cooper has created characters belong to the other race like Cora, the elder sister of Alice, who may be described to of mixed race, who played the role of protecting even at the cost of her own life. Cora was indeed presented as coming from that unfortunate course of study who are so basely enslaved to administer to the wants of a luxurious people3 from the race of West Indians, who cannot marry a person from the South.It may be concluded then that Cooper did portrayed a story of racism in the US dating back to period of colonization as the book revealed women characters being prohibited to many from other race and therefore an indication of lack of freedom and equality when it comes to issues of choosing their m arital partners. Cooper portrayed a judgment for women who ignored racial prejudices and assigned their societal-dictated roles, by all being rejected by society or having to die as they are opposing to sexual mixture. In the novel, one could conclude in their minds how the author Cooper has chosen to exterminate ignorer of racial prejudices such Cora and Magua if only to prevent an incompatible marriage.Work CitedCooper, J The Last of the Mohicans, St. Martins Press, New York, 19841 Cooper, 1984 p.4.2 Cooper, 1984 p.378 3 Cooper, 1984 p.310