16 October 2013 RMS Titanic: A Ship of Widows Response Paper No. 2 The Titanic is never an easy topic for me to discuss or write about. Every time I think of that fateful night I feel depressed and my head fills with faces of all the men‚ women‚ and children whose lives were taken from them all too soon. It makes
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If The Titanic hit the berg but survived‚ I think it would be a wake-up call. Icebergs weren’t treated as being especially dangerous to large liners. If Titanic were damaged and say‚ her first four compartments were flooded‚ which was the worst she could take and still float‚ I think the threat might be taken more seriously. If Titanic never encounters ice at all‚ nothing changes at all‚ and ships continue to navigate the same way they always have. Eventually‚ some other ocean liner‚ while traveling
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How many people died on the Titanic? The Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) Titanic built by the White Star Company in the UK and owned by American tycoon‚ J.P Morgan met its fate while on its maiden voyage to New York when it struck an iceberg and sank two hours later in the early morning of April 15‚ 1912‚ in the Northern Atlantic. A total of 2224 people boarded this ship during its sail and a sum of 1514 people perished with it. The name Titanic‚ a Greek methodology means gigantic and it took a total of
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Walter Lord‚ author of the documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember‚ about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The RMS Titanic was the world’s largest passenger ship when it entered service‚ measuring 882 feet in length. The state-of-the-art Titanic came equipped with 16 watertight compartments. Though shipbuilders believed that the ship could not flood‚ they predicted that it could remain afloat even if a few of the watertight compartments flooded. Within the walls‚ there were watertight
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Our Titanic Obesity Problem America has developed a serious epidemic over the last 30 years. The ever increasing trend of obesity amongst Americans has risen at a staggering rate since the early 1980s. This trend has also developed another serious issue of individuals being targets of weight-based bias and stigma. This kind of discrimination can lead to serious consequences that reduce the quality of life and can hinder weight loss. “When a person is stigmatized or discriminated against because
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The Titanic Tragedy On the night of April 14th‚ 1912‚ a disaster occurred exterminating over a thousand people’s lives and scarring many others (How Did the “Unsinkable” Titanic Sink). It all started by the Titanic hitting an iceberg ripping open six compartments on the ship. Water started gushing in the boat‚ rapidly flooding it. In a matter of 160 minutes (2 hours and 40 minutes)‚ the Titanic had sank‚ bringing many people down with her. As a consequence of the iceberg and more small reasons‚
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The top part of the RMS Titanic cracks open. The crack makes its way down to the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. In 1912‚ the RMS Titanic sank for a multitude of reasons and events. The hull malfunction made the Titanic break in two which in return‚ caused many deaths. The cracks‚ the booms‚ are all caused by some critical hull failures. The ship did indeed break in two which was due to a probable hull failure. A hull failure due to the slow sinking of the Titanic‚ a huge stress builds up
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THE MOST FAVOURITE LEADER OF TURKISH PEOPLE “MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK” İntroduction: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was the first President of the Republic of Turkey and the anti-imperialist leader of Turkey until his death in 1938. Mustafa Kemal was born on‚May 19‚1881. His birth place was Salonika. He was given the name Atatürk (Father of All Turks) later. His father’s name was Ali Rıza Efendi. His mother’s name was Zübeyde Hanım. He also had a sister whose name was Makbule (Atadan). When the Ottoman
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My Sister’s Keeper The movie “My Sister’s Keeper‚” is based on the best-selling novel by Jodi Picoult; it explores the medical‚ legal‚ and ethical issues that pose a dilemma not revealed until the very end of the movie. The director‚ Nick Cassavetes‚ plays out an honest story that overwhelms his audience with waves of emotion by illustrating the daily battles of a young‚ genuine‚ and sincere cancer patient. Although an unfamiliar story to most‚ Mr. Cassavetes is able to grasp a sense of realism
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The Titanic was one of the biggest ships back in the early 1900’s. Her purpose was to transport people across the Atlantic to and from America. Four important thing about Titanic are how it sank‚ the number of deaths‚ the size of the ship and the number of life boats. How did the Titanic sink? well the Titanic slipped into the north Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. It hit the iceberg because when the iceberg was like 3 cm away the two look out crew members did not see the iceberg because it was
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