How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"The man is, most manifestly, a disciple of Apollo," cried the amused Alice, "and I take him under my own especial protection. Nay, throw aside that frown, Heyward, and in pity to my longing ears, suffer him to journey in our train. Besides," she added, in a low and hurried voice, casting a glance at the distant Cora, who slowly followed the footsteps of their silent, but sullen guide, "it may be a friend added to our strength, in time of need." (2.27)
Alice's words prove prophetic, because David plays an important role in her later escape from the Huron village. Way to be a good friend, Alice.
Quote #2
"I cannot permit you to accuse Uncas of want of judgment or of skill," said Duncan; "he saved my life in the coolest and readiest manner, and he has made a friend who never will require to be reminded of the debt he owes." (8.5)
Cooper can be super-progressive at times in this novel: here we see an example of true, profound and awesome interracial friendship.
Quote #3
"Life is an obligation which friends often owe each other in the wilderness. I dare say I may have served Uncas some such turn myself before now; and I very well remember that he has stood between me and death five different times; three times from the Mingoes, once in crossing Horican, and—" (8.7)
The frontier clearly tests the claims of friendship over and over again as Hawkeye claims friends are frequently responsible for saving each other's lives. This is a very different idea of friendship from that portrayed in Mean Girls, for example. On Wednesdays, no one in the upstate New York wilderness wears pink.