Title: Drums Along the Mohawk Author: Walter D. Edmonds Type of literary work: Historical Novel Theme: The theme of this novel is the willpower to achieve one?s goal, or in this case, the American dream. The characters are very strong and show a lot of fortitude in accomplishing their goals. They go through very tough and adverse times, but they refuse to accept defeat. These are the foundations upon which America was built. No …
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…depicts the everyday problems and the lifestyles of those that underwent these hard times. The novel shows exactly in what position the future of America was. The novel is very dramatic in depicting certain values the people lived in. Most importantly, the novel was not solely based with the war in and of itself, but rather it was a novel to show how life was in the 1780?s before the United States was a republic.