If We Must Die
How does Mckay’s poem resonate with the experience of blacks during this time?

From academic texts to The Atlantic, contemporary literature shows how McKay’s 1919 poem remains relevant, offering language to inspire courage in the face of racism. Director Ava DuVernay included the poem, recited by actors Don Cheadle and David Oyelowo, in a short film she created for the 2016 opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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explanation:

a paragraph can have more than 2 main ideas because one paragraph matters on how many sentences there are.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.