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Claude McKay was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance. Like other poets of the time, he expressed his poems in a cooperative message of the ideal African-American freedom. In this sonnet, known as “If we must die”, McKay illustrates a plan for the captive people of the world to find freedom in their situation. In this particular sonnet, Claude McKay raises a question to the suffering people of the world. He basically asks if a man must die, can he die respectively and honorably. The answer to that question is yes. Even if death is inevitable, there is a possible lifestyle that will make your life live on after your death. McKay says that by living a courageous life and not fearing death, fighting those that oppress you, you can even live on in the memories of your enemies. McKay writes, “Like men, we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back.” The sonnet explains that the only way to live courageously is to have the mentality that you are stronger than what you are going against.
Approximate Word count = 570
Approximate Pages = 2.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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