Analysis Of I Saved The Tuking Of The Titanic

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I SURVIVED the sinking of The Titanic, 1912

April fourteenth at seven fifteen a.m. in a first class suite on B Deck. We meet George and his eight-year-old sister Phoebe. They are returning to America after visiting London and the surrounding area with their Aunt Daisy. George is always getting in trouble and is very curious. He’s been all over the ship even to areas where he is not supposed to go. He’s made friends in steerage and exasperated his aunt and his sister and a number of the other first class passengers. His behavior had previously been causing problems between him and his father. Since George and Phoebe’s mother died a few years ago the family just hasn’t been the same. This trip was a time for George and his father to get some distance and calm down. George also describes many characters such as his aunt, sister, and other people that he meets aboard.
He meets some people that become that become famous from the sinking. On the night of April fourteenth snuck out of bed and went in to the cargo hold to find the mummy rumored to be cursed and also rumored to be on board. When he got into the cargo hold a huge bang and shutter rocked the whole ship and within a second he was completely surround by water. He returned to his room only to be awoken by one of his maids, him and his aunt were instructed to “dress warmly and put your life belts on”. When they were up and ready to go to the life boats they realized that Phoebe was gone.
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He soon discovered that phoebe left lemon drops where ever she went to find her way back. When he was looking he ran in to Enzo and Marco that he met before on the ship. Enzo was screaming “phoebes”, she herd and came running to them. Lucky for George, he had met the architect of the Titanic the night before. The architect showed George all the secret passages. So, Marco, Enzo, Phoebe, Aunt Daisy and George were able to get back up to the First Class Deck. Just as they were about to get on 1 of only 16 life boats, the sailors wouldn't let Marco or George get on the boat. Enzo got on with Phoebe and Aunt Daisy. Marco decided to them jump into the freezing water. Marco helped George get onto a floating piece of furniture to survive the cold water. But, part of Marco was still in the water. Marco was starting to fade away because the water was so cold. George said the water felt like needles were stabbing him. Luckily, there was a life boat coming by and George was able to get on the boat. He lifted Marco into the boat because he was slowly dying. After a couple of hours, a big ship called the Carpathia came by and George and Marco were rescued. On the Carpathia, George and Marco were able to find Phoebe, Aunt Daisy and Enzo. They were all so

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