Natty Bumppo the Mohicans", by Hellmut Lange in the 1969 German TV series "Die Lederstrumpferzählungen", by Cliff DeYoung in the 1984 PBS mini-series "The Leatherstocking Tales" (which compressed "The Deerslayer", "The Last of the Mohicans", and "The Pathfinder" into four episodes), and by Lee Horsley in the 1994 TV series "Hawkeye". Natty Bumppo Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo is a fictional character and the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's pentalogy of novels known as the "Leatherstocking Tales". Natty Bumppo, the child of white parents, grew up among Delaware Indians and was educated by Moravian Christians. In adulthood, he is a near-fearless warrior skilled in
The Canterbury Tales Introducing a competition among the tales encourages the reader to compare the tales in all their variety, and allows Chaucer to showcase the breadth of his skill in different genres and literary forms. While the structure of the "Tales" is largely linear, with one story following another, it is also much more than that. In the "General Prologue", Chaucer describes not the tales to be told, but the people who will tell them, making it clear that structure will depend on the characters rather than a general theme or moral. This idea is reinforced when the Miller interrupts to tell