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Courage is the way to overcome fear. When one is courageous, they can overcome many problems that come to them. Courage can be expressed in three different ways, inner, physical, and moral. The characters in James Fenimore Cooper’s, The Last of the Mohicans, exhibit courage in many different circumstances. The novel follows three men traveling through the woods and living off of the land. Two of them are Mohican Indians, Chingachgook and his son …

…of the problems that he faces. Not only does Hawkeye have to face the problems, he also overcomes them. He is strong at heart and physically which permits him to be so courageous. Many of these characters are strong in one way or the other, but their negative qualities disable them from being courageous in all areas. Courage is something that benefits a person, it is something that help them overcome even their greatest fears.