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James Fenimore Cooper has rightly been called he first American novelist. In his Leatherstocking Tales, Cooper writes chiefly about conflict – man against man, and man against environment, but both are significantly American in setting. In his Leatherstocking Tales, Cooper created Hawkeye, the first and most enduring type of mythical American hero. Throughout the novels is the looming fact that man is coping with the frontier, trying to conquer, tame, and possess it; it is this, in fact, which leads to the obvious conflicts of man versus man. The most important character in these novels is Hawkeye. This character becomes the pattern for the mythic western hero, the cowboy, the frontiersman, the hero of so many cowboy movies and TV shows. He is a vital part of American mythology and American culture. 3.The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union and those countries respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s. The Cold war was mainly expressed through: spying weapon development propaganda technological competition the space race nuclear arms race The film “High Noon” did not contain such expected western archetypes as chases, violence, action, and picture postcard scenery. Rather, it presented emotional and moralistic dialogue throughout most of the film. Only in the last few minutes were there action scenes. High Noon’s production and release in 1952 also intersected with the Red Scare and the Korean War. Many people interpret the movie as a comment on American society during the time of the Cold war and the Red Scare. People looked after themselves and did not help their friends. This kind of behaviour was seen by many to be un-American, but had been encouraged by the scare about Communists. Joe McCarthy was noted for making claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the federal governmen