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In Honor Of The Lusitania Summary
In Honor of the Lusitania

The Lusitania, a luxurious (unsinkable) ship, is currently sitting on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. One of the many stories written about the Lusitania includes characters my age, Elsie and Frank. The author makes us feel close to the main characters by telling us that they had lost their mother. This means the father of Elsie and frank needed to care for them on his own. The Lusitania a supposedly “unsinkable ship” met its fate at the hands of a German U-boat. The author’s words make us feel sorry for these characters. Life isn’t going right for them right now when they need there mother close with them. The author uses phrases like, “The three of them sat there praying, Elsie looked over at a group of 2 girls crying, she said, “don’t worry god will save you.” This phrase completely changes the way I think about Elsie and the two girls. It makes me feel furious and helpless, that the three already had been going through tough times and then this tragedy comes striking right around the corner!!! In my opinion the author starts this article off really well, by talking about how tough the lives of these three had been and what
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It certainly wasn’t easy, but they all got through it together. The author made a huge impact on this story! It taught me a lot that I never knew about the Lusitania, but the main moral of this article sent to me, was that life is never easy and some things don’t go your way, but if you stick together through all of it you will be able to get through it, together. It’s like what the others said about this article “things will work out if you have the ones you love always by your side” This made me understand a lot. It helped me understand the true theme of the story “Attack at sea”. Now, come on let’s all go celebrate and remember the ones we had lost on may 7, 1915. The day that will forever change our

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