Argumentative Essay On The Titanic
Although the RMS Titanic incident occurred more than a hundred years ago, historians continue to debate what possibly could have occurred during the brief moment to not only save the Titanic’s thousands of passengers, but also save the ship itself. One of the most disputed arguments of the debate was for the Titanic to collide with the iceberg directly, rather than avoiding it. It was hypothesized that since there was more material towards the end of the ship, it would allow the vessel to absorb most of the impact at its tip, crumpling only two to three of the ship’s watertight compartments. Though the Titanic would continue to descend under the ocean, it would prolong the passengers’ amount of time of survival, thus allowing other nearby ships
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At the same time during the period of great grief, it also prompted curiosity about the origins of the disaster and how it the steamboat could possibly of been preserved during the short amount of time. While numerous designers of the Titanic such as architect Edward Wilding held the head-on collision idea to be true, other theories, however, such as the SS Californian’s deliberate act to ignore the disaster of the Titanic were proven by various other historians to be inaccurate (“Murdoch’s Decision”). According to British historian Tim Maltin, the Earth’s nearness towards the Sun and Earth allowed record tides to be created, which aided the formation of the giant icebergs across the Earth. As a result, the icy water created uncommon mirages, warping the Californian crew’s vision drastically of the Titanic vessel (Broad). Because of the unusual illusion, it not only could have taken responsibility of the Titanic’s crew short notice of the iceberg, but also the support Captain Lord’s statement of mistaking the Titanic’s identity for another, much smaller liner (Fig. 2). Although many historians continue to contemplate about the tragedy, no will ever know for sure how the Titanic could escape its unfortunate fate. While the great Atlantic liner will continue mark
At the same time during the period of great grief, it also prompted curiosity about the origins of the disaster and how it the steamboat could possibly of been preserved during the short amount of time. While numerous designers of the Titanic such as architect Edward Wilding held the head-on collision idea to be true, other theories, however, such as the SS Californian’s deliberate act to ignore the disaster of the Titanic were proven by various other historians to be inaccurate (“Murdoch’s Decision”). According to British historian Tim Maltin, the Earth’s nearness towards the Sun and Earth allowed record tides to be created, which aided the formation of the giant icebergs across the Earth. As a result, the icy water created uncommon mirages, warping the Californian crew’s vision drastically of the Titanic vessel (Broad). Because of the unusual illusion, it not only could have taken responsibility of the Titanic’s crew short notice of the iceberg, but also the support Captain Lord’s statement of mistaking the Titanic’s identity for another, much smaller liner (Fig. 2). Although many historians continue to contemplate about the tragedy, no will ever know for sure how the Titanic could escape its unfortunate fate. While the great Atlantic liner will continue mark