e severance of and between the hunter and the hunted. McKay emphasizes within the first three lines that the conflict at hand is not merely a struggle then, but a fierce hunt in which there is no mercy and only one survivor.Again in the fifth line he requests that If we must die, O let us nobly die,/ So that our precious blood may not be shed/ In vain (5-7). He reasons that if there is to be bloodshed regardless, then the blood ought not to be shed without a fight. They should not lose their precious blood without any significance or effect, and not in an irreverent manner. If they succeed in avoidance of such vain, then McKay claims that even the monsters we defy/ Shall be constrained to honor us through dead! (7-8) McKay knows that upon a proud death, even those they fought will be compelled to acknowledge their bravery and pride. By referring to the enemy as monsters, McKay makes it increasingly difficult to not follow him. There is no pity or compromising with monsters and every man, woman, and child has his or her own image of a monster. Given this open description they are then free to envision the monster as they see and feel it. They can construct it based on their own fears.In line nine McKay recognizes the root of their problem as lack of unity. He is aware of the constant struggles within the black community and implores them to put those in the past and to come together to fight the common enemy. He knows that separate they have no chance for they are unorganized and unmotivated. O kinsman! he cries, we must meet the common foe! (9) As kinsman they are more then a group, they are brothers, sisters, family. As family they are also less likely to turn their backs on one another or give up for they will be hurting more than just themselves.McKay is not fearful of numbers perhaps because he is aware that regardless of numbers their fate is already decided. Though far outnumbered let us show us brave, / And for their ...
