Unsinkable Essay

At 11.40pm on the night of 14 April 1912, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, the RMS Titanic struck the iceberg that would ultimately lead to the sinking of the ship less than 3 hours later. At around 2.20am on the morning of 15 April, the Titanic disappeared beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, a disaster that resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 lives, almost two-thirds of the people on board. Titanic Facts aims to tell the story in a comprehensive and clear way, and…

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climbed aboard, anxious to be a part of her maiden voyage. As her propellers began to spin and the water beneath her began stirring, not a soul on board was worried they were in any danger. Who could have known a simple piece of ice would sink the unsinkable ship? In F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a similar question comes to mind. Who could have guessed that something as beautiful as a dream could break an unbreakable man? The dream that broke this man was the American dream, and its…

Upon boarding the ship, Rose and Jack happen to meet, and they interacted with each other, as well as other passengers through social activities within the ship. The film highlighted several important sociological perspectives. When the claimed “unsinkable” ship, Titanic, finally succumbs…

died on that ship accident. The ages of the victims that lost their lives that morning, ranged from the tender age of 19 months to 75 years old. Now to anyone that would hear this news would be so shocked and confused because the Titanic was the unsinkable ship, well…

arrived in Cherbourg, France. The next day, on the 11th of April, the Titanic stopped at Queenstown, and started heading for New York City. White Star Line vice-president, Phillip Franklin, says, “There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers” (Quotes from survivors). Clearly, he was…

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It was 1908 in Cultra, United Kingdom, I was currently mining for my Fathers small family mining business making $1.96 a week. Just enough to feed my family and provide for them as much as I can. I got the job with White Star Line to travel to Belfast, United Kingdom to build and work on the RMS Titanic. My family was so excited for me except that we could not afford for them to go to New York also. I had a son, Kyle John Layfield four years old and my wife, Rose Harmon Layfield twenty years old…