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Introduction A nonfiction book “A Night to Remember” was wrote in 1955 by Walter Lord that consist of ten chapters of a true minute-by-minute story sinking of the most glamorous ship in the world. It is the legendary tragedy of the world biggest-ever ship of the White Star Line called Titanic. The every moment happened of her maiden voyage that night are summed-up below. Summary During 11:40 P.M. on Sunday, the 14th day of April, 1912, the New White Star Liner Titanic hit an iceberg in the North

Titanic Imagine going on what is supposed to be a magnificent vacation, but turns out to be a horrendous disaster. The titanic was the biggest man made ship and was supposed to be an unsinkable ship. Work began in 1909 in the massive Harland and Wolff yard. Titanic continued nonstop until the spring of 1911. “There was peace and the world had an even tenor to its way. Nothing was revealed the morning the trend of which was not known the night before. It seems to me the disaster about to occur was

The Disadvantages Faced by Catholics in Northern Ireland in the Mid-1960’s Since the partition of 1921 the Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland had been unable to live on equal terms together. The North became Northern Ireland and the south the Republic of Ireland. It was not really an event, for decades Britain had resisted Home rule but by 1919 the attitudes were altering. A majority of Northern Ireland were Protestants, the Catholics only made up 33% of the population

Exploring the Disadvantages Catholics Faced in Northern Ireland in the Mid 60’s In Northern Ireland during the 60’s Catholics faced a lot of disadvantages, in areas of Employment, Education, Housing, and Politics; there is evidence that even the Police Force was biased in favor of the Protestant community. Employment was a major area in which Catholics faced discrimination. Protestants held most of the civil service, government and local government posts in Northern

Evil is extremely apparent in the world today, but for how long will people stand idly by as it continues to worsen? The song “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” written by U2, suggests that the only valid response to the violence that occurred in Northern Ireland in the 1970s is condemnation. The writers not only condemn the brutality of that time, but, in a broader sense, condemn violence as a whole, showing that there are no positive outcomes to violence, only more violence. Therefore, people must rise up

competition among rival shipping lines in the early 1900’s. The work began in March of 1909 in a shipyard located in Belfast, Ireland. When the building was finished the ship measured to be 882 feet in length and 92.5 feet at the broadest point being one of the largest of its time. 1 (APA In-text Citation). ii. In May, 1911 the ship entered its first body of water in a river located in Belfast. It being one of the

April 15, 1912 the “unsinkable” Titanic had almost three hours before it was no longer afloat, but plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. Blueprints, journal & logs, and tons of witnesses were thoroughly inspected over the past 100 years to help solve the question agonizing question, why. For the 100-year remembrance of the tragic event, Smithsonian Channel released a documentary, Titanic’s Final Mystery. Dedicated Titanic detective and historian, Tim Maltin releases his theory on how

The Titanic set off on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City carrying about 2,200 people on board but just after four days into its journey, the Titanic struck an iceberg and within three hours of its journey it plunged into the depth of the ocean killing over fifteen hundred passengers. Some researchers claim the legendary Titanic may have never sunk at all and was swapped with an identical vessel thus, being one of the biggest insurance scams in history. The real story begins in 1907

On the 15th of April 1912, an unspeakable tragedy happened when the Titanic was destroyed on the way to New York City. A large titanic ship was not made ice berg proof so when it drove straight into the ice berg it sunk to the bottom of the water in 1 hour and a half. The 2,200 passengers, who died alongside the ship, died of coldness and some died of no food. The ship never reached its destination in New York City. The Titanic was deemed to be unsinkable, but when it hit the iceberg it sunk

The Distant Past is a short story, wrote by William Trevor, addresses the interweaving of the past and present. At first in the story, it seems as if the past tensions between the British and Irish have evaporated and happening a good cultural encounter but later in the story, this assumption proves to be untrue. It depicts the lives of two descendants of the Protestant Middleton family and “Old Irish” inhabitants in a time of the Troubles in the 1970s. The story focuses on the conflict between the