Who Is To Blame The Titanic

The Titanic has left a permanent imprint in American history, but like many things in history, the events that took place April 14, 1912 are skewed by popular culture. When I say the Titanic, you most likely are thinking of Jack and Rose, and the frigid scene where Jack sinks to the bottom of the sea; furthermore, people only familiar with the movie are unaware of what really happened. Some of the events that took place that day lie far in the peripherals of our knowledge. The Titanic was a poorly prepared, overly significant disaster.

The 900 man crew the Titanic harbored, should’ve prepared more thoroughly, because if they had, the turn of events that day would have been much different. The crew’s first mistake was the, “cancellation of the lifeboat drill” (31). This was just one of many events that led to the deaths of 1500 people (12). Their indelible actions are a result of loose government regulation, and idiocy. Now I must reiterate that if you fail to prepare, you must prepare to fail. I cannot emphasize this more. Everyone on the ship was terrifyingly ill-prepared for any type of emergency. So much so that the, “officers on the bridge had only 37 seconds to react before hitting the iceberg” (91). When the Titanic struck the

The idea that angers me most, is the one about upperclass advantage. I will acknowledge that the rich had a better chance of surviving, because of their placement on the ship, but I refuse to accept this as a sign of social divide. If the roles were reversed, and the bottom of the ship had the most luxurious rooms reserved only for those lucky people of wealth, I ask you if the argument would change? I find that seating arrangements were more happenchance than a sign of social divide. Society defined, and put meaningless significance into these events that misconstrued and overshadowed the real importance of this tragic