Last of the Mohicans

In the book Last of The Mohicans, the author described scenes with great detail. While reading the book, I often found more text about the imagery than actual events. The author James Cooper had a goal to impress the world through the descriptions in the book. This goal that Cooper had transformed the book into having beautiful imagery, however made it difficult to follow at times.

A good example of imagery is on page 89 where Cooper writes, "The wooded banks of the rivers seemed again deserted by everything possessing animal life. The uproar which had so lately echoed through the vaults of the forest was gone, leaving the rush of waters to swell and sink on the currents of the air, in the unmingled sweetness of nature." The passage describes the scene and creates a picture in the readers mind. Cooper illustrates a scene every time it is introduced, leaving the reader well informed about the overall setting.