The Titanic Research Paper

When you hear Titanic, what comes to mind? For many it is the love story of Jack and Rose. For others, it is the tragedy, that actually occurred, where thousands of men, women, and children lost their lives. The submergence of the ship, the story of an actual passenger on board, and why that passenger did or did not survive is all something that will become knowledge of the reader today. The sinking of the Titanic is one of the most remembered events in history, and there are few people still alive to tell their story.

In “R.M.S. Titanic,” by Hanson W. Baldwin says, “... the iceberg’s jagged claw had ripped a three-hundred-foot gash in the bottom of the great Titanic” (Baldwin, Page 5). This was the fundamental cause the “unsinkable” Titanic

sank to the ocean floor in 1912. The head engineer of the boat had also disregarded the warnings that were given to him of the ice that was ahead. By the time they had reached the iceberg, and actually detected the nightmare waiting to happen, it was too late to stop the inevitable. The unsinkable Titanic was about to sink.
Colonel John Jacob Astor was born on July 13th, 1864. He was known for developing several different mechanical devices: one being the bicycle brake, he also helped in developing the turbine engine, and solely invented a pneumatic, containing or operated under air or gas pressure, road-improver. He married Ava on May 1 1891, but they divorced in 1909 after having 2 children, a son and a daughter. In 1911, he married Madeleine Force; consequently, there were some speculations of Astor’s respectability. They traveled to let the talk die down, and returned in 1912 to board the Titanic as First Class passengers.
Astor was one of the many that did not make it off the Titanic. However, Madeline made it off on one of the last lifeboats. Presumably, he told Madeline that the damage was not that serious. He had refused to get on the lifeboat, even though he wouldn’t have been able to. He stated, ‘we are safer here than in that little boat.’ He put his spouse on Lifeboat 4, and remained alone on the “unsinkable” Titanic. His body was recovered on Monday, April 22.
The sinking of the Titanic is one of the most remembered events in history, and there are few people still alive to tell their story. The horrific catastrophe of the Titanic is now a movie, a book, and a story. The warnings and the communication between the boats at sea prove that this catastrophe could have been averted. They ignored every warning; therefore, the titanic reached the ocean floor with people still on board. As a result, of this only 31.6% of people survived the sinking of the Titanic.