Understanding The Lusitania Analysis

The sinking of The Lusitania put enough public pressure on the president to become more involved in the war because of the loss of American Life. Let's start from the beginning World War one started on the 28th of July 1914 between two sides; The triple alliance and the triple entente. It came to an end on the 11th of November 1918. Difference in policies were to blame, although the immediate cause of World War one was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia’s. The war started mainly because of four aspects: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. This is because big armies become potential threats to other countries, other countries started forcing alliances in order to secure land. Imperialism was caused because building an

Erik Larson’s argument is correct since he has so much evidence in the novel that explains the forces and reasons of the ship’s sinking and strongly analyzes his claims and directs quotes to support them. For example, “Perfectly safe; safer than the trolley cars in New York City..” “We just laughed it off, and said they would never get us, we were too quick, too speedy.”

on its maiden voyage in 1912 the British ocean liner titanic sank after ramming an iceberg in the north atlantic ocean. the nearest ship the California did not get the SOS message because the radio operator had gone to bed and turned off his radio. the titanics captain Edward j smith knew that there were only enough lifeboats for half the 2100 people on board in the panic even those were not filled. seventeen year old jack Thayer from Philadelphia was not lucky enough to get into a lifeboat but as the titanic slid into the water, he dived from its deck into the ice waters coming upon an overturned lifeboat he hung on until the carpathian came to his rescue at dawn more than 1500 other people were not so

On the 7 May 1915 at 14:30, then 240 metre long and 27 meter wide ship

The source is valuable for understanding how the sinking of the Lusitania caused violence within Liverpool. The source suggests that one reason why the riots occurred was due to public outrage. O’Mara states that that the ‘names of the drowned’ were ‘appalling’. This is supported by the fact that Liverpool was ‘Lusitania’s home port’. This would have caused locals to feel personally attacked by the sinking of the Lusitania. To add, the majority of those who were lost in the sinking were from the Merseyside. Over 150 of those who died were from the city of Liverpool, this would have added to the rage of the riots as the tight-knit community would have known people affected by the sinking, O’Mara goes on to talk of the ‘cries of the women whose

​“The war to end all wars” was what people called it. Others called it “The Great War”. Many people died in this war. And there was really no right or wrong in this war; meaning that I don’t think there really was a side that was wrong or right, and I’m going to explain why further in this essay. I think both sides were wrong in things, but in the end, Germany was the one that suffered the most because they were being forced to pay billions dollars in the war debts, and let the French control a rich mine for well over 15 years. But before that Germany and the Britain’s were at war with each other. And Germany sent out a warning to everyone saying that every ship crossing the war zone line (which was the

Accelerated English II Quote Analysis In the historical novel, Dead Wake by Erik Larson, the author composes and reveals the lesser known story of the Lusitania, a passenger liner that was traveling to England. However, despite the great pride in the Lusitania’s greatness, she was sunk by a German U-boat, the U-20, on May 7th, 1915. There are many reasons that people believe that the Lusitania was sunk, but Larson seemed to most prominently claim that the Lusitania was intentionally sunk in order to drag America into World War I. These quotes are examples of his claim in the book: “Indeed, these are the great lingering questions of the Lusitania affair: Why, given all the information possessed by the Admiralty about U-20; given the Admiralty’s past willingness to provide escorts to inbound ships or divert them away from trouble; given that the ship carried a vital cargo of rifle ammunition and artillery shells; given that Room 40’s intelligence prompted the obsessive tracking and protection of the HMS Orion; given that U-20 had sunk three vessels in the Lusitania’s path; given Cunard chairman Booth’s panicked Friday morning

Have you ever been in a sinking ship? Well, Elsie, her brother, and her father have been in one of the most known shipwreck next to the Titanic. How would you feel in that kind of position?

April second, President Wilson requested a declaration of war for Germany. America officially entered World War One on April fourth, shortly after Congress passed a two hundred fifty million arms appropriations bill intended to prepare the United States for war. However, the United States had been preparing since February twenty-second, when Congress passed a two hundred fifty million dollar arms appropriations bill. President Woodrow Wilson announced that the United States of America was to be neutral for World War One, which started in 1914. The American population, in majority, favored this decision. Public opinion changed for the United States when the Lusitania, a ship headed to Liverpool, England, was sunk. On February fourth nineteen fifteen the water surrounding the British Isles was declared a war

Ender Wiggins showed interest in the Lusitania and the Piggies ever since he heard about the horrific death of Pipo. This news from Jane on his death gave him an idea that would put a smile on his face. The intricacies of the universe made it difficult for Ender to reach his primary goal of finding a place for the Hive Queen. Ender thought that Lusitania was the right place. The only problem was that lusitania was already inhabited by the piggies. The starways congress did not allow the humans to share information with the piggies but this is disobeyed on many occasions. In doing this, the piggies not only learn from Ender, but Ender learns from the piggies. Before Ender, the culture and habits of the piggies were unknown. Through compassion

Dolores fell roughly to her knees and just barely avoided hitting her head on the edge of the bunk. Shocked and disorientated the young woman failed to realise that the whole boat was tilting to its side and only after things in her cabin started to fall over, it dawned on her that she was in trouble. Moments later water started entering the cabin which felt surreal to Dolores, it could not be could it? Her cabin was supposed to be high above the waterline, yet she felt the cold lashing water hit her feet and knees. By the time she managed to get up and make up her mind of how to proceed, the water had risen to her hips already, the cold almost paralysing her. What followed would only remembered by her in a blur. The opening of her cabin door, half swimming half walking through the corridor, the wetness, the cold and most distinguishable, the fear. Never had she been so afraid in her entire life, never had she been afraid for her life. Inside her mind she begged god to help her. She would have begged the crewmen as well yet there was no sign of anybody. Dolores faintly remembered seeing half of the boat submerged and herself holding on to a piece of wood for dear life in the all surrounding darkness of the night on the

World War I was reminiscent of getting an unpleasant shot at the doctor's office, they promised it would be over quickly and barely sting, yet it hurts more and the pain goes on and on. In August 1914, as WWI started, Kaiser Wilhelm told the soldiers, as they were leaving, “You will be home before the leaves have fallen from the trees”. The war went on to last 4 years. During the war, America wanted to stay neutral and out of the way of the European countries. This lasted for almost 3 full years until the Germans hit a ship, the RMS Lusitania, --that had many American passengers--with a torpedo sent from one of their U-Boats. The sinking of the RMS Lusitania was done in 1915, by the Germans, which had a negative impact on the United State’s view of Germany. North America eventually joined the Allies over the Germans practicing unrestricted marine warfare and sinking the United States ships.

The cause of the sinking is happened because of the mistakes of the captains. The radio message came from a mysterious source – with no actual reports of a minesweeper in the area – yet the Captain Peterson brought illuminated the ship and alerted the Soviets. During this time, it was common for German to resort to being spies for the Soviets, especially since in this area was so close to the Soviet Motherland. The Red Army was extremely close to Poland in 1945, so it would be likely there was Soviet spies aboard since a handful passengers were unregistered. The Wilhelm Gustloff was also equipped with anti-aircraft guns and was carrying injured military personnel, so the Soviets did not know or believe it was a passenger ship.

The author helps the reader empathize with the passengers on the Lusitania in several ways. One way is he said on “Elsie must have gazed in wonder at the Lusitania’s four towering steel functions, which gleamed in the rays of sunshine that briefly pierced the gray clouds.” (on page 6) This helps the reader understand how the boat was something new that many people didn’t see before. By saying the word gaze” it helps the reader understand how excited people were to see it. This can also be proven when on page six it says “Elsie was filled with excitement” because it also shows the excitement of people boarding the boat.

BOOM! Luke heard as he jumped out of bed immediately. The nasty grinding noises did not sound right. “Should I find my parents? Do I stay here? He knew something was wrong but he was not prepared for what would happen next. His tangled, tight pajamas were twisted around his body from rolling in bed. Then he heard the heart wrenching creak of the ship as it leaned back. “I need to get out” Luke thought to himself. But there is one problem. He is alone at the bottom of the ship where halls are eerily quiet, and is basically a ghost town. The ship felt like it was sinking very fast to him but when he looked out the window, nothing much was really happening. He didn’t know what happened but he did know one thing, he needs to find his parents. As he opened his door he saw lots of people rushing down the hall like somebody let bulls out of a gate. Everyone was stumbling over each other and the had no regard for others.That's when he got panicked. “Mom!, Dad!” That wasn’t going to work, there was no way his parents would hear the screams because they were drowned out by the panicked passengers running through the boat. Luke fell multiple times as the oncoming crowd of passengers rushed to the top. He finally got up the stairs to the dining hall, glowing with yellow lights to create a warm environment. But the thing is, it was the opposite. Then all of the sudden he saw his mother's face. He saw her light blonde hair that was effortlessly curly. “I wish her ocean blue eyes would