John Jacob Astor IV

The 1997 film, Titanic, directed by James Cameron, is based of the true event of the RMS Titanic which had sunk in the Atlantic Ocean on 15th April, 1912. The film begins with special submarines searching the old sunken ship underwater. Astrologers have been in search for a rare diamond necklace called the “heart of the ocean” that was gifted to Rose Bukater from her fiancé Caledon on the ship before it had sunk. Even though the diamond necklace is not found, the astrologers recover a safe with drawings of Rose Bukater wearing nothing but the necklace around her neck. These pictures were shown on a news channel from where an elderly lady claims to be Rose. When she comes to meet the astrologers, the story of the titanic is told through her. Rose Bukater, along with her mother and fiancé, boarded the titanic as one of the first class passengers. Even though Rose was brought up in a high class society her whole life, she has always felt misfit. Because of financial problems, Rose's mother is forcing her marriage with Caledon as a way of regaining their money. On the other hand there was Jack Dawson, a penny less artist, who won his third class tickets on the Titanic through gambling. Rose and Jack meet for the first time when Rose attempts on suicide from the back of the boat due to all the pressure put on her by her mother. Jack convinces Rose not to jump off and from there both start getting to know one another and slowly develops into friendship. Rose realizes that she…

interactions with other people. He cares too much what other people think of him, including the reader. The narrator tells us that he is merely recounting the history of the lives of scriveners, about which little has been written previously. Instead, he is using our attention as an opportunity to clear his conscience or confess his sins. If I were in his place, I would do things differently. It becomes immediately clear that the narrator is obsessed with the reader’s opinion of him. He calls…

Where the increased fashion of fur muffs did help Astor gain lots of wealth, what actually increased his wealth was from the real esteate trade that he invested in Manhattan. However, the downfall of the fur muff started from the 1860s where people became more used to the concept of fur coats which indicated a upmarket status symbol too. Thus, when people had the option of keeping their hands warm from the fur coats, the necessity to buy fur muff lessened gradually and led to the total downfall.…

were saved if they were in 1st or 2nd class, 3rd class children had more that didn’t survive more than any other class. The most casualties they had were mostly men in second and third class. Most of the women from the ship were saved with their children. The most women missing or dead were out of third class (“Statistical”). There were 885 crew members (“Statistical”). 23 were women and 862 were men. All but 3 females of the crew made it off safely. But as for the men only 670 men were saved…

The Waldorf-Astoria was originally two hotels on Fifth Avenue 35th Street, where the Empire State Building now stands. William Waldorf Astor an American businessman made “The Waldorf” Hotel at 1893 standing at 13 stories high. The wealthy Astor family did not like each other and so at 1897, William Waldorf cousin’s John Jacob Astor IV opened the 17-story “The Astoria” Hotel. The two hotels competed against others until 1929 where it was demolished and made into the Empire State Building. During…

When: The building of the Titanic started in the early months of 1909 and the construction lasted three years. On April 10th, 1912, the “unsinkable” ship departed from Europe. No more than four days later, the Titanic hit an iceberg around 11:30 p.m. and sank 2:20 a.m. Where: The Titanic embarked on it’s maiden voyage from the ports of Southhampton, England to New York City, New York. Before traveling across the Atlantic Ocean, the Titanic stopped in Queenstown, Ireland, which is now known as…

section that has all kinds of information about the ship I am on, that my father inserted. “26.1 meters- the length of the Titanic” ( “Titanic Facts”). I wipe the tears off of my cheek and stand up suddenly. I creak open the door to my cabin and begin to walk out curiously. I walk past standard class my mother heard that it was “$60- the average cost of standard class berth”(“Titanic Facts”) from one of our neighbors whose son was going to New York, he got put in 3rd class though. I walk…

lifeboats carried on Titanic; 16 boats were provided that could accommodate 1,178 people, while the Titanic could carry 2,435 passengers, and a crew of approximately 900 brought her capacity to more than 3,300 people (CITE). The R.M.S. also impacted heavily on the social, political and economical hierarchy of its nation as it carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundred of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe. Examples…

He died in the sinking. JJ Astor an American millionaire. He was a businessman, inventor, writer, a member of the prominent Astor family, a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War, and the richest man to perish in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Although an experienced and long-serving skipper at the time he served as Captain of the Titanic, today - as then - there are mixed opinions on his performance in charge of the great ship. Smith's judgement, decision-making, and his culpability…

History). The third class, also known as steerage, consisted of the poor emigrants from Europe who were going to America. This class had to be separated from the upper decks due to health regulations. This separation caused many deaths for the third class passengers. The highest numbers of survivors were the women and children of the first class. Some men from first class got on the life boats. Some women and children from second class were also able to get on the life boats. The third class…