Titanic, speeding across the frigid Atlantic waters. Only a few young crewmembers were working in the bridge that night. With no captain to give them orders, they sped along, going faster and faster. It was the only order Captain Smith gave them, until they hit the massive iceberg. One moment, total silence. The next, complete chaos. Therefore, Captain Edward J. Smith is responsible for the sinking of Titanic. If he was on the bridge, the 1,502 people that lost their lives could’ve had a chance to live. We can conclude this because they received many iceberg warnings, but he ignored them thinking that passenger messages were more important. He also gave into Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line to go faster and dock earlier to make headlines.
…show more content…
He wanted to make headlines on the “unsinkable ship.” He buckled under the pressure of Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line and went faster than he was comfortable with because he “had to make headlines.” He didn’t watch and listen even though ship was already going high speed head on he was not paying attention for any icebergs, he wasn’t even in the bridge when it hit. He cracked under the pressure of Bruce just because he wanted to make headlines, he succeeded to make a big bang at the end of his career. Since he was the Captain, he had the power to immediately shut Bruce down, but he didn’t want to look bad in front of the White Star Line. ““Exploring the Titanic.” Google Books, books.google.com/books/about/Exploring_the_Titanic.html?id=DGNrPwAACAAJ.”” But not a very good one, for he let many babies, children and parents die because of one small and selfish mistake. All the ice warnings were alerted to the Captain Smith, but he ignored them all even from the Californian which was about 5 miles away and was surrounded by icebergs. If he slowed it down, they might have taken minimal damage or nothing at
He wanted to make headlines on the “unsinkable ship.” He buckled under the pressure of Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line and went faster than he was comfortable with because he “had to make headlines.” He didn’t watch and listen even though ship was already going high speed head on he was not paying attention for any icebergs, he wasn’t even in the bridge when it hit. He cracked under the pressure of Bruce just because he wanted to make headlines, he succeeded to make a big bang at the end of his career. Since he was the Captain, he had the power to immediately shut Bruce down, but he didn’t want to look bad in front of the White Star Line. ““Exploring the Titanic.” Google Books, books.google.com/books/about/Exploring_the_Titanic.html?id=DGNrPwAACAAJ.”” But not a very good one, for he let many babies, children and parents die because of one small and selfish mistake. All the ice warnings were alerted to the Captain Smith, but he ignored them all even from the Californian which was about 5 miles away and was surrounded by icebergs. If he slowed it down, they might have taken minimal damage or nothing at