Fredrick Fleet was the workman on guard on the Titanic on April 14. Fleet‚ had warned the personnel on the ship’s control deck to look out for icebergs that night‚ yet nobody was at the control panel that fateful night (McPherson 6). The Titanic was thought to be unsinkable when it was built in 1911. “More than 2‚200 people were now aboard the Titanic including 1‚300 passengers” (Senan 16). The location the Titanic deported from was Great Britain and it was headed to New York. After three long days
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BOOM!‚ CRACK! 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
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The poem that I read was “Titanic.” The poet of this poem is David R Slavitt‚ who is a writer‚ poet‚ translator‚ and the author of over 100 books. When I first read the title of the poem‚ I remembered the incident on April 15‚ 2016 in which the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with iceberg during its maiden voyage. The poem reveals that due to the popularity of the Titanic‚ not many people would pass up the chance to passage on the ship. During the voyage‚ people having
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Creative Essay: Captain Edward J. Smith on Trail for Sinking of the Titanic The entire world is preoccupied with the fact that Captain Edward J. Smith is going to court in New York City. Captain Edward J. Smith is being accused of negligence in the sinking of the Titanic. At this trial there will be lots of media coverage. Most of the news stations across the world are preparing to film this case‚ so they can bring it right to you on your television screens at home. The word is going
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The sinking of the Titanic is one of history’s most researched and questioned story. There are movies‚ books‚ and documentaries on how it sunk and what happened on that night. This tragic story has a multiple of reasons as to why the ship sunk. The confidence of many people in the ship’s construction has to do with many if not all of the reasons for the total loss of life and the ship sinking. This confidence caused a majority of the crew members to not take seriously important messages about icebergs
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The Sinking of the Titanic When you think of the Titanic‚ you probably think of the love story between Jack Dawson and Rose Dewittbekator‚ but what the Titanic really is‚ is a British passenger ship weighing in at 63‚000 tons and 882 feet long. The Titanic was said to be the biggest and most luxurious ship of its time‚ next to its two sister ships named Olympic and Brittitanic. Olympic and Brittitanic were built and owned by the same company as Titanic‚ “The White Star Line”. There was another
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Have you ever wondered why the Titanic sunk and how anyone ever survived? The sinking of the Titanic was a huge tragedy at the time and still is to this day.There were many passengers who made it out and lived‚ but as we all know there were more to not be so lucky. The ones who did live left a great story to tell that many do not know the completely truth of. As you most likely know‚ the Titanic sunk due to sailing into an iceberg which caused the death of many lives. And most of these lives could
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‘When they woke it was evening.’ evening has symbolic meaning of end‚ ending or finish. Which is represent as John Grady and Alejandra’s situation. Also ‘she sat on the bed and took his hand and looked down at him.’ The word ‘looked down’ sound like negative tone and has symbolic meaning that pitiful‚ pathetic which are probably Alejandra’s feeling to john Grady. There are repetition of ‘tearstained face’ or ‘ her face all wet’. These words created vivid imagery thus reader can more understand character’s
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Tobias Wolff’s “Hunters in the Snow” centers on the actions and personalities of Kenny‚ Frank and Tub as they embark on a hunting trip during the winter. Each character faces problems (in character or otherwise) which they attempt to cover up through deception – the central theme in this short story – in order to accept their respective actions. The consequences of these cover ups profoundly change the power of each character over another. Furthermore‚ the characters don’t realize how their lies
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The novel Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff‚ set in the early 90s‚ is about fourteen-year-old girl La Vaughn who takes on a babysitting job. She needs to work her way through school to save enough money to get through college. She means to study‚ to get a better job‚ to escape the poverty that she is growing up in. She babysits for Jolly‚ a seventeen-year-old mother of two‚ Jeremy and Jilly. The place where this little family live is disgusting. The children are filthy and deprived of all
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