Throughout the film, Major Heyward was only worried about himself and Cora. Therefore, when Cora rejected his marriage proposal, Major Heyward lied about the agreements made with the colonialist and pressured Colonel Munro to execute Hawkeye. Unlike Chingachgook, Uncas, and Hawkeye, Major Heyward only wanted to do good when it benefited him. However, this changed towards the end of the film. After the elder Huron declared that Cora should be burned alive, Hawkeye offered to take her place. Yet, instead of telling the elder, Major Heyward offered himself. A once selfish man was willing to sacrifice his life for the man he once tried to kill. In The Last of the Mohicans there is no other character who undergoes such a dramatic transformation from bad to good