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Michelle
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United Kingdom
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February 02 2008
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 Posted - May 18 2008 : 11:18:44 AM
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Originally posted by Kirachi
Ok, this may have been touched upon before but having a quick scan back through the topics I couldn't see anything that stood out.
So, the question is, why do you think Uncas didn't wait for his father before running after Alice?
Do you think he thought he could win the battle ahead easily?
Was he worried for Alice's safety?
Did he think his brother would need his father's help to escape the village?
I personally don't understand his mind set at this point in the movie. He seems like he has a good head on his shoulders and has seen a lot of fightening during his short life.
Surely the extra 10/20 minutes that the Huron party got ahead of them was not that huge a distance really. Was he so certain they would kill Alice on the cliffs? to me this thought seems unlikely as they were making for somewhere new, taking her with them for whatever ends.
I love the fact it's all very romantic though and in the end is that the reason?
Discuss! 
 Hi Kirachi afew great points there....i totally agree-he never took much thought-about consquences in going after Alice-by himself...But if you noticed-he did put his hand on his fathers shoulder with faith i guess...ad went after her...running up the hill like a mad Puppy inlove-Bless....but he definately had feelings Kirachi-its so obvious-even when they are climbing at the side cliff...he looks at her from a distance...she notices-and its an over wheleming momement-he even takes a second look-at her if you notice in the film...
I do question...though,they had notplanned to kill Alice straigt away....as Uncas caught upwith them also....blocking them getting through...as he jumped out on them all....where was his riffle...agree definately he should've shot Magua-not having a knife fight...this was wrong-uncas had no-chance...pluss he was so angry-and hurt-he had confused feelings at this point also...with Alice on his mind-yes he felt he had a duty for sure...but also to protect someone he realy had feelings for/thought of.
But the imfamous question-why did he not wait-well...feelings and admiration got in the way i feel....
Perhaps he sees Alice as a younger, frailer version of Alexandra, for whom he clearly had tender feelings for/as winglo mentioned below. |
Hi,im very much Interested in joining you all.I would love to know more about this venture.This would be my first time/so making new freinds in this community would be amazing. |
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Light of the Moon
Mohicanland Statesman
USA
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Posted - May 18 2008 : 5:49:08 PM
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See...this is all easily explained.
Uncas comes to grip that Light Of The Moon would be forever out of his reach and thus settles for Alice, knowing that death would come before he could claim her from Magua. Guess he figured death would be better than to live without me!
No I don't have too big opinion of myself. Everyone else's is just too small! |
I live in my own little world - but that's okay, they know me here! |
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Nut Mustard
Lost in the Wilderness
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Posted - June 08 2008 : 4:33:51 PM
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| his old man nodded to him to go ahead and go after her, so the old man is just as much at fault, he shoulda told uncas to hold back and they both could help hawkeye and both help alice. besides being 'whipped' uncas may have known that the indians, in a short time, were going to be all the way up the mountain and attacking them on that narrow trail, where he has the advantange, wouldnt be the case. thats all i can assume, he knew his time was running out to get them on the narrow trail. similar attack plan in the movie 300 where they attacked the persains in the theopoly pass |
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