Bruce Ismay Who Is To Blame Essay

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The deep black water began to still as the magnificent ship disappeared under the waves. You could barely see the water through the blanket of dead bodies. This crisis could have been averted. But one selfish mind only wanted for his ship to make headlines for being the most spectacular ship ever made. This man did get his headlines, but for all the wrong reasons. Bruce Ismay was heavily at fault for the sinking of Titanic, but instead of trying to make things right and saving other, he saved himself in a boat of women and children. However, there are many people at fault for this catastrophe, but who is most responsible?
Bruce Ismay had many bad ideas that triggered the sinking of Titanic. Bruce Ismay was the owner of The White Star Line company. He was incredibly proud of Titanic and wanted her to make headlines, and she did, but not for the reasons he wanted. Titanic sank in the middle of the Atlantic because of mistakes made by Bruce Ismay. One of his immense mistakes was deciding not
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The only evidence he to prove his false claim was the 16 watertight compartments. Little did he know, it only took 5 compartments filled with water to sink the ship. Bruce Ismay’s hubris cost many people their lives. He was so confident in himself and his ship that he gave many people a false sense of security. In Titanic’s last hours, Ismay still refused to believe that the Titanic was going to sink. You could say that he refused to believe his own downfall. Bruce Ismay refused death as well on the Titanic, by sneaking on a lifeboat for women and children only. According to J Bruce Ismay: doomed the moment he jumped ship, “Ismay, however, with his back to the scene, kept his eyes fixed on the distance. ‘I did not wish to see her go down,’ he later confessed. ‘I am glad I did not.’” The tragedy of Titanic affected many people. It especially affected Bruce Ismay who had so much passion toward

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