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| Wait-- so how big was The Titanic? |
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(checking notes)
Says here it was about the length of three football fields. |
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Whoa. That's a lot of ship to go
down. |
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(still reading from his notes)
The Titanic hit the iceberg at 11:40 pm, and it took about three hours for the boat to sink. |
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| Uh, duh. Didn't you see Titanic? |
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What? --
You're kidding me. --
You've never seen Titanic??-- |
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(skeptical)
It's, like, a love story, right? |
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| The ship stuff is really cool -- they rebuilt the Titanic exactly-- |
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(building on Tyler's
enthusiasm)
And the way it sinks?? (shakes his head)
Epic. |
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I got it: "People who experience
the same event often have very different perceptions of it. In an essay of at least 300 words, analyze how and why the experiences of the people in this passage differ and overlap." |
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(making notes)
Okay...so two questions: How and why. |
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But before that, we meet some of
the other characters on deck-- (Aidan checks text)
The rich fancy people like John Jacob Astor and Henry Sleeper
Harper-- |
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Until Quartermaster George Thomas
Rowe! |
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(confused)
Wait-- how can you tell? |
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That's good, Tyler. Really
specific. |
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So I guess the point of view shifts
again when we get to the line "Steward James Johnson felt he knew just what it was." That phrase, "he felt"-- that tells us we're in James's point of view, right? |
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FADE IN:
Part Two
Back in the discussion! |
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(uncertain)
Are we doing this right? I mean we figured out how Walter Lord moves the point of view around...even how it overlaps-- but what about how it differs? |
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You're right! When I read that I
was like "phew"!-- they're okay! |
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But the Quartermaster feels it. He
says he felt a "curious motion break the steady rhythm of the engines." |
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| That doesn't sound so bad. |
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| No, but it's not good, either... |
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Maybe that's Walter Lord's
intention! |
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So it seems like every person we
encounter has a different reaction-- some are worried, some aren't-- some people don't feel it at all, some feel it hard-- |
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The Quartermaster notices the ice
in the air, which makes the tension rise, but the stewards don't take it seriously, so the tension drops again. The chef's rolls fall off the tray-- |
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Just goes to show you: there's
never just one side to a story. |
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That's what's so cool about this
book! It's not just one person's account-- it's a collection of different points of view. |
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| But they're not competing... |
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No I know. But there's a difference
between a bunch of different people giving different versions of the same night...and what's happening here. |
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The story keeps moving forward.
Everybody's account is a little different, yes, but the story is continuing through time...they're all living the same, shared experience. |
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which the film Titanic also does
extremely well... |
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(still skeptical)
Are you sure?? All the clips I've seen are that couple holding out their arms at the front of the ship. |
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| Dude-- it's an action movie |
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Oh come on-- now I know you're
messing with me. |
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