The Iroquois in "Black Robe" by Brian Moore Analytical Essay by Top Papers

The paper argues that Brian Moore provides a more balanced and even-handed depiction of the Iroquois Indians in his novel "Black Robe". The paper describes how with the majority of the book defining the crude and barbarous ways of the Algonkians through the failed missionary ideology of Laforgue, the biased tone of the novel always seems to favor the superior Iroquois.