In The Last of the Mohicans, the English travelers are not accustomed to the wild American forests. They are used to having tea on their lawns and hosting garden parties every week. They are used to having what they want, whenever they want it. This Victorian lifestyle of having more than you could ever want, is very different from the lifestyle of the Americas where you have nothing but the clothes you wear and the gun in your hand, and if you don't find food that day, you won't have dinner that night . Even during combat, which Heyward was not accustomed to, officers still traveled in luxury and were expected to be treated well even if they were captured. In this book, Duncan Heyward goes from being a dapper military man, who is not used to the woods, to being so good at being stealthy that he could be disguised as an Indian. David Gamut, a young psalmist who was originally very afraid of being in the woods, not only turns into a hardened man, but even becomes an aid during the battle against the Delawares. The harsh American landscape transformed these men into expert foresters. Major Duncan Heyward enters the story as the somewhat foolish English general on his way to Fort William Henry. He had only been in the forest for a few hours and was already hopelessly lost. Heyward's role in this book was to play the white man who is completely out of his element. Indians often make fun of how out of place it is in the forest. Another flaw was his inability to speak the Indian language. This leads to a lot of miscommunication between them. Over the course of the novel, however, Heyward changes quite a bit. He's a natural strategist, so those skills came in handy when fighting the Delawares. Quickly flip... middle of paper... Amut talks about how Magua released him simply because he thought Gamut was crazy because of all the singing. After this point, Gamut is still a little scared of the frontier, but has adapted to it better. Once again he saves his life and that of his friend by singing his prayer songs. Gamut's last courageous action in the book is hitting one of Magua's friends on the head with a stone thrown from his slingshot. This distraction allows Hawkeye to kill Magua. The border changes people. It is a harsh landscape where only highly adapted people can survive. Duncan Heyward and David Gamut both learn this the hard way. They are used to the elegant life of England and don't understand how life works on the frontier. The events of the story, however, change them, making them men who, although not as good as the Indians, manage to resist in the harsh landscape of North America..