If We Must Die Poem Analysis

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1. Strong’s view of American Imperialism in Our Country consists of the Anglo-Saxons spreading the word of God and civilizing mankind. By achieving these two goals, Strong believed that the Anglo-Saxons would elevate the human race of the world. William Sumner’s view is completely opposite. Sumner believes that the Americans pushing their views on other countries are absurd. He believes that Americans should leave people alone and let them live their own lives and have their own beliefs. Ultimately, Americans forcing someone to believe in something is taking away his or her own liberty.

President McKinley decided to acquire the Philippines as an American territory to uplift, civilize, and Christianize them. He did not want to give them
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We have seen one-man bath in the Euphrates, sleep in the Congo, look upon the Nile, and hear the singings of the Mississippi. This man has lived through many hardships and has persevered through it all. The tone of McKay’s, “If We Must Die” is dignity. The speaker’s main goal is to die nobly and to fight like a man while dying. The main theme is both the poems are of the black race. While Hughes wants the blacks to remember all that they have accomplished thus far and be inspired by it. McKay is in the present and he wants the blacks to band together and fight …show more content…
Marcus Garvey’s African Fundamentalism echoes Hughes poem when he calls for blacks to honor the black men and women of their history that has influenced them. Marcus Garvey’s African Fundamentalism echoes McKay’s poem when demands, in the present time, that black are entitled to their own opinions and not obligated or bound by others. Finally, Garvey wants the Africans to return to Africa, never forget God, build racial hierarchy, and create a racial empire.

5. After reading Women of the Klan, I believe women say they belong to the organization to pursue their own agenda by their own methods. The women of the KKK desired their own political power and equal rights for whites. They demanded the unity of white females, native to the United States, with no allegiances to another nation, whose morals were good, and was 18 years old. They also required you to maintain forever white supremacy.

Darrow makes Bryan look foolish while examining the Book of Genesis by asking if Cain has a wife. When Bryan says “yes,” Darrow asks where she is from. Bryan is not able to answer the question. Darrow also makes Bryan look foolish when he asks how old the world is and he is not able to answer the question. Bryan probably could not argue the biblical account of creation better today. The bible was the same back then as it is now. If he was not able to find the answers then, he might not be able to find the answers

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