Extended Essay Aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic Research Question: To what extent was there evidence of class difference in the treatment of internment of Titanic victims following this 1912 disaster? IB Candidate: Joshua Cannon Supervisor: Eric Oglesby September 27‚ 2012 Word Count: 3991 Abstract Research Question: To what extent was there evidence of class difference in the treatment of internment of Titanic victims following this 1912 disaster? In this essay‚ I felt
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the ship to sinks after 4 hours once it launched. On 11:40pm on 14 April 1912‚ it is the maiden voyage for the RMS Titanic Ship to travel from Southampton to New York. The ship struck in Atlantic Ocean on a n iceberg which eventually leads to the sinking of the ship at around 2‚20am on 15 April 1912. The collision leads to loss more than 1‚500 lives including passengers and crew of its 2‚208 people. The Titanic crashed into an iceberg on its maiden voyage because of The high pressure meant there
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The Fall of the Greek Economy i. How debt crisis started ii. The Bailouts c. The Flaws of the European Union i. The euro ii. Policy constraints iii. Integration 3. Conclusion a. My viewpoint i. The cracks must be fixed Greece is Sinking: Will They Drown the EU? Introduction Over the past few years‚ it seems that one cannot turn on the news without seeing something about Greece and its collapsing economy. It may have a high standard of living‚ but it has never had a top-tier economy
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Asia’s sinking middle class: Full Text As consumer confidence plummets‚ dismayed marketers rethink strategies to ride out the economic crisis At first glance‚ nothing seems to have changed at One Utama‚ a sprawling shopping mall on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. Finding a vacant spot in the cavernous parking lot is as hard as it was a year ago. Inside‚ young Malaysian couples shop for groceries and kitchenware‚ while gawky teenagers queue outside a cinema multiplex showing Titanic. The coffee
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According to 100 Unsinkable Facts about the Titanic‚ William Edward Minahan was a doctor from Fond du Lac‚ Wisconsin. Before he sailed on the maiden voyage of the Titanic‚ he had his fortune read. The fortune teller told him he would die aboard the ship‚ but he did not listen‚ and went on the voyage. She was right‚ and he died in the tragic accident (1). The Titanic is one of the most well known disasters in history. The RMS Titanic was the most luxurious ship of its time. It was said to be unsinkable
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Resistance of Change Ding Ling’s “A Day”‚ Lu Xun’s “A Madman’s Diary‚” and Yu Dafu’s “Sinking” are all works that have been written in the time of a crucial change in China. Although the stories are fictional‚ the writers manage to reflect and correlate their characters to the current state of their homeland. Reading the listed works we see that its characters possess many common traits such as suffering‚ humility‚ depression‚ and much love and patriotism for China. The authors use character’s personal
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The Sinking of the Titanic was the Fault of Man The sinking of the Titanic can be interpreted as being the fault of man. The author‚ Walter Lord‚ and the Night to Remember movie signify key events that led up to the descending of the enormous ship. Some of the primary causes of the sinking are the construction of the ship‚ the carelessness of the crew‚ and the naivety of the Californian. The fabrication‚ or construction‚ of the ship could have been a major asset in the sinking of the Titanic
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Walter Lord‚ author of the documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember‚ about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The RMS Titanic was the world’s largest passenger ship when it entered service‚ measuring 882 feet in length. The state-of-the-art Titanic came equipped with 16 watertight compartments. Though shipbuilders believed that the ship could not flood‚ they predicted that it could remain afloat even if a few of the watertight compartments flooded. Within the walls‚ there were watertight
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Title: I Survived‚ The Sinking of the Titanic Author: Lauren Tarshis Pages: 96 1. Characters George Calder is a 10-year-old boy who is a trouble maker. Phoebe is George’s little sister and is known to get lost. Daisy is George’s and Phoebes aunt‚ and they are traveling with her to America. 2. Background- George Calder is the main character and he is a little brat. He doesn’t listen at all and in the middle of the book he snuck out of his room and got in big trouble. Phoebe is one of the main characters
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Twilight was named one of Publisher Weekly’s "Best Children’s Books of 2005‚" given on November 2 of 2005(Brown and Roback). Publisher’s Weekly does not seem to have a strict set of rules from which they select books‚ however on their website they stated‚ "At PW‚ we get to pick the books published this year that stayed with us‚ that we talked up‚ handed around‚ and of course argued about among ourselves." Twilight was also announced as an award winner on the list of "Popular Paperbacks for Young
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