the literature about the titanic
... “Who does not love the Titanic?”. Which of course gives us the appression that the “Titanic” was a well known and loved ship. “If they sold passage tomorrow for that same crossing, who would not buy?” This statement is very true, who wouldn’t want to be aboard the fastest, biggest and unsinkable ship. The answer is: everybody. “To go down….We all go down, mostly alone.” “….with crowds of people, friends, servants, well fed, with music,….Ah!” Also, anyone would know these lines represent the strike of tragedy. This is when everything went happened and unfortunately lives were taken. “And the world, shocked mourns….” With loved ones gone, the world is in a state of shock and wonders what is the cause of the sinking. And the end “We all go: only a few, first class. The meaning of this sentence is that people died but only a few were first class because they were the majority put on the life boats. Next, the folk song published by Carl Sandburg “De Titanic” is a song whose content is very different from a song that you maybe use to hearing or singing. However, what made this different was how it was pronounced. An example of this would be “De rich folks ‘cided to take a trip.” As you see, reading this may come as a difficulty to some. This folk song has eight stanzas. Although the pronunciation of the song is different, it is found that if you change the misspelled/pronounced words to those of the regular English language, you will find that it is a mistake in the song “On de fifteenth day of May nineteen-twelve” this is referring that the ship sunk on May 15. This is totally wrong because the “Titanic” actually sunk on April 14. Lastly, an essay on the James Cameron film ...