Summary Of Mr. Titanic By John Wesley Woodward

Would you risk your life to do something you loved and save someone’s life at the same time? That is what Mr. John Wesley Woodward did as it was explained by Stephanie Jenkins in “Mr. John Wesley Woodward.” Woodward was a cellist on the Titanic when it sank. “R.M.S Titanic,” by Hanson W. Baldwin explains what happened to have caused the ship to sink. Unfortunately, Woodward did not survive. “A History in Numbers,” by Dave Fowler, explains how he could have survived, but Wesley gave up his spot on the lifeboats and gave them to the people that could have kept from the ship sinking; all they had to do was listen. Why did the Titanic sink, exactly? The Titanic sank because people didn’t listen to the many warnings that were given. “...; at least five ice warnings had reached the ship;..” (R.M.S

“Bandmaster Hartley, Yorkshireman violinist, taps his bow against a bulkhead, calls for “Autumn” as the water curls about his feet, and the eight musicians brace themselves against the ship’s slant,” (R.M.S. Titanic, Hanson W. Baldwin). Even when the water was rising at their feet, the did not stop playing; they just played more. “The band plays in the darkness, the water lapping upward,” (R.M.S. Titanic, Hanson W. Baldwin). They played until the ship sank. The band members could have survived, if they wanted to because “51.4%” ( A History in Numbers, Dave Fowler) is the “total percentage who could have survived, given the number of spaces available of the Titanic lifeboats,” (A History in Numbers, Dave Fowler). Mr. John Wesley Woodward was a cellist on the Titanic. He gave up his life for the same people that might have caused the sinking of the Titanic because they did not listen. Even though he could have lived because of how much room was left in the lifeboats, he decided, along with the rest of the musicians, that he was going to play the thing he loved the most until the ship