1/22/01 English Hahn Hero “Hero, person admired for bravery, great deeds, or noble qualities.”-Thorndike Barnhart Dictionary. These are just three qualities and characteristics of a hero of the many. James Fenimore Cooper’s hero is from the wilderness and a hero from the past. It is insinuated in his stories Cooper’s hero will be a hero no matter what. The character is forced into being a hero because of his environment and events that …showed first 75 words of 316 total…

…showed last 75 words of 316 total…help and protect others at their own will. A true hero is one that dedicates his life to being a hero. A hero does not have to be one with nature. Times like today a man can live his whole life in the urban cities and never see a real forest or wilderness. Cooper’s hero is described as who has lived with nature and in the wilderness. A hero does not have to kill.