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'''I think one thing that the movie either got wrong or exaggerated was the relationship between the colonists and the Native Americans.''' In the very beginning of the movie, Native Americans and colonist comfortable intermixed with either other socially. This doesn't quite go along with the historical record which states that there was a lot of prejudice and conflict between the two parties. --Erin L. | '''I think one thing that the movie either got wrong or exaggerated was the relationship between the colonists and the Native Americans.''' In the very beginning of the movie, Native Americans and colonist comfortable intermixed with either other socially. This doesn't quite go along with the historical record which states that there was a lot of prejudice and conflict between the two parties. --Erin L. | ||
| − | One of the biggest things that annoyed me in this film was the overall generalizations of each "character group". The Mohicans are the noble savages, the women are helpless and of course attracted to the wildmen, the Huron are blood-thirsty, and the European are just dumb. It definitely led the viewers to feel a certain way about each group. - Victoria Y. | + | '''One of the biggest things that annoyed me in this film was the overall generalizations of each "character group". The Mohicans are the noble savages, the women are helpless and of course attracted to the wildmen, the Huron are blood-thirsty, and the European are just dumb. It definitely led the viewers to feel a certain way about each group.''' - Victoria Y. |
== The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | == The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | ||
