Understanding The Lusitania Analysis

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Understanding The Lusitania

“Dad come on we can’t be late ,” cried little Elsie as she quickly pulled her dad’s hand as they got on the boat .the author help the reader empathize with the passengers by talking about their personal life and sharing the story.

The author had many details that helps empathize with passengers some are . “motor cars and buggies were depositing passenger and mountains of luggage.” this showed how the rich lived. “In first class passengers stade in sepacker cabins and they feasted upon caviar and oysters.”

In conclusion the story was about a ship named the lusitania . people claimed that it was unsinkable. Which was proved wrong because a German-u ship took it down the captain was Walther Schwieger.

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