Reflection Of The Mohicans Movie And Book Comparison

Everything was peaceful until … an explosion was heard by the Mohicans and death swept over, leaving a couple of Mohicans left. This is the scenario portrayed by James Fenimore’s The Last of the Mohicans, which was adapted into a film directed by Michael Mann. The book had most of this action, which was mostly portrayed by the fighting going on. On the other hand, the movie had more love and not that much action. This portrayal of the story is the biggest difference between the movie and the book. There are many things similar, including the characters, the tools and weapons, and the storyline. On the contrary, there are many things different, including the scenery and lighting, the clothing, and the actors cast.
The first example of how the movie and book are the same are the characters in the plot. Cora remains one of the similar characters in the book and in the movie. Cora stands as a sister to Alice, and they traveled to Fort William Henry together. Cora, however, is an older sister to Alice. Some more characters that are the same are Chingachgook and Hawkeye. As mentioned in the text, “Chingachgook is a ‘red man’ who travels with Hawkeye, and Hawkeye had been raised by Indians. In my words, Chingachgook is an Indian man that is friends with Hawkeye, a white man raised

Magua, whom was introduced in an early scene, was much more developed in the book. Also in the movie, there are stereotypes that applied to Magua’s character. Stereotypes can make the movie better, but sometimes it is better to completely base a movie off of a book. Another example of this is Alice, Cora’s younger sister. Alice, in the book, doesn’t have a childlike exuberance. In the movie, she does bring this exuberance. Basically, Alice is energetic in the movie but not in the book. Characters were, still are, and will continue to be the most important part of movies, but sometimes producers change