1.Well a harlot is anyone who is born to a low class. McKay uses this word to belittle the high class people such as the Pharoahs and people who believe that they are somehow better than everyone else. Insightful as the end of this poem is, the audience is empowered knowing that we are nothing compared to the almight God.
2. He is saying that black people are hogs because just like hogs we are being controlled, contained, and shut down by the white man. We were nothing to them but slaves to be controlled and jump when the say jump. Eventually we fight on, and fight those who oppose us, and learn to fight for independence and what we want, and through that we are free.
3. McKays language is much different because he doesn't beat around the bush with his feelings. He lets the audience know exactly how he feels about a situation, and you can feel the anger through his words. Through his amazing balance between zeal and word choice, the reader feels the same emotions that he feels assuming that they can relate to what he is saying. By reading what he has to say, blacks can see the harmful affects of what will happened if we let ourselves be shut down and controlled.
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