Patrick Waters: A Young Man Aboard The Titanic

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Patrick Waters, a hardworking young man, came aboard the Titanic in hopes of proving himself to his mother. Patrick finds it hard to just fit in because of his overly large ears and long hair. While Patrick is working to prove himself, Mr. Archibald Rockwell, a heavyset Florentine man, is onboard in hopes of stealing Mr. Widener’s rare copy of Sir Francis Bacon’s Essaies, which is said to have a secret message inside its pages. Mr. Harry Elkins Widener is an extremely intelligent man who loves books. He is only onboard for the experience. All of them are aboard the same ship but each individual has a different goal in mind. Patrick is only trying to prove himself a hard worker, but his plans of working with his brother down in the boiler

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