Read the poem‚ If We Must Die‚ by Claude McKay Answer the questions: 1. What theme or conflict is being dramatized in the poem? The main theme is honor‚ no matter the toughest of times we can always find the way to live with dignity and respect. 2. Can the poetic speaker be identified? The poet‚ Mr. McKay‚ is the speaker. 3. Who is the poetic speaker speaking to? The reader 4. What is the poetic speaker’s motivation? Fight the toughest situations with pride and dignity. 5. What type of poem is it
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Tuskegee University and Kansas State College for 2 years. During this time‚ he experienced intense racism. This inspired him to write more poetry. Claude published his poems in 1917 and they appeared in magazines. His best known piece‚ “If we must die” spoke about retaliation for racial prejudice and abuse. He then left the United States to travel through Europe and came back in 1921 and involved himself in
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I stood alone in the silence of the trailer… My child was asleep on the couch. No one or nothing but my sobs were to be heard. I ached from within. Why did Zeus have to die? Why did he not listen and stay put as he should of? How would I explain to my little boy his puppy was no longer with us‚ but on into a different life now? I heard my husband coming down the drive in his rattling old red pickup truck… Normally when he came gravel was flying up behind him and Carter was outside screaming with
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1900s. The many horrors that came along with were published frequently by both white and black newspapers. Claude McKay was all too familiar with the situations that came about from this ongoing race war. One of his more well-known poems‚ “If We Must Die”‚ was published during the summer of 1919‚ better known as the “Red Summer”. This name was given for this time period to symbolize the blood of the many people that we killed. This poem expressed what many were unable to speak‚ but knew they needed
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George Orwell’s “How the Poor Die” is a brief anecdotal essay about his time at a French public hospital‚ referred to as Hopital X. Orwell gives a brief account of the various pseudo-scientific ‘treatments’ that he and his fellow patients were forced to endure. He compares some of the hospital’s practices‚ such as the rough bathing required for all new patients‚ to those of a prison or workhouse. Throughout his essay‚ Orwell reflects on the history of medicine‚ medicinal practices and the beliefs
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Acting to Let Someone Die‚ Andrew McGee critiques the medical ethics view that withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (LST) or life support is an act of killing in contrast to the idea that withdrawing LST is simply an omission rather than an act. He focuses mainly‚ however‚ not on whether withdrawing LST is an omission or an act but whether the withdrawal lets the person die or kills them‚ concluding that providing LST merely postpones death and its withdrawal just lets the person die of the original causes
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My favourite book Nowadays a lot of people think that the more people have TV or Internet in their homes‚ the fewer people will buy books. It’s often thought why to read long novels‚ when a play on TV can tell you the same story with colours‚ pictures and actions. But I’m certain‚ that books are still popular‚ becouse it’s a cheaper way‚ than to go to the cinema and also you can keep a book forever and read it many time. My favourite book is written by Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970)‚ German-American
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WHY SHOULD KOMLA DUMOR (A GEM) DIE? Death is an inevitable stage in life. Various scientific‚ social and religious explanations have been given to the definition of death. Scientifically‚ it can be defined as irreversible cessation of all vital functions especially as indicated by permanent stoppage of the heart‚ respiration‚ and brain activity‚ simply put‚ the end of life. However‚ despite its explanations a common thing that runs through all is the fact that the human entity or being ceasing to
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case study‚ Joe is fully aware and competent according to the opinion of the staff. Joe who has probably lived a good and full life‚ should be granted this decision. Although‚ the statement “I want to die‚” might be too extreme. There should be a rational and sensible reasons for him wanting to die. At the end of the
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to challenge NAACP’s approach to the civil rights struggle‚ which is portrayed on the poem “If We Must Die”. From the excerpt “Black Conflict Over World War I” till “James Holden Johnson and Harlem in the 1920s” evidences flow throughout as the challengers not only challenged the NAACP’s approach to civil rights struggle‚ but also proposed different programs instead. As the poem If We Must Die ends with the lines‚ “Like men we’ll face the murderous‚ cowardly pack‚ Pressed to the wall‚ dying‚ but
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