Helplessness behind the Last of the Mohicans

王文杰

    " Last of the Mohican" writes that during the Anglo-French War, Colonel Munro's daughters Cora and Alice and Major Haihoude were attacked by an Indian force - the Huron on the way to visit, and the accompanying scout "Hawkeye" - the Mohican's great chief "Big Python" and his son "Fast-legged Deer" Encas led them to mess with the Huron leader - the old traitor "Diao Fox" Magwa story.

    At first glance, isn't this a living "heroic" story? If you think about it, it's not like that at all. Magwa's endless hatred of white people, the cannibalism of Indians, and even the unexplained involvement of the two girls Cora and Alice... What does it all come from? The answer is the brutality of the North American colonists against the Indians! And ruthless war!

    It was because of the colonists that it led to the cruelty of the Hurons; Because of the colonists, it led to the destruction of the powerful tribe of Mohigan, leaving only "pythons" and "fast-legged deer"; Because of the colonists, it led to the cannibalism of the Indians and sacrificed the last Mohican, the brave "fast-legged deer" Encas; Because the colonial capital...

    Through these, I saw the ruthless and cold-blooded side of war, as well as the arrogance, domineering, and cunning of the colonists. At the end of "The Last Mohican", the golden sun shines on Encas's coffin, and the wild geese fly south, as if telling the exploits of Encas. The autumn breeze is slow, and a different taste is wrapped around people's hearts...

    Because of the colonial rule of all evil, all this, I understood the deep helplessness of the Indians...