Comparison of Nobody's Fool an Last of The Mohicans

In “Nobody’s Fool” and “The Last of the Mohicans”, the Hudson Valley’s presence is very prominent, though the way it is offered is very different. In Richard Russo’s “Nobody’s Fool”, change and the dysfunctional family are very visible.

The Hudson Valley is very present in both “Nobody’s Fool” and “The Last of the Mohicans”. In “Nobody’s Fool”, the Hudson Valley does not physically change but is representative of how many communities are in the Hudson Valley and the people that make them up. You have the local diner, where all the local gossip can be obtained. You have the local watering hole where even better gossip can be obtained, and you have the local busi...