Trouble Aboard The Titanic - A Personal Account (fiction) :: essays research papers

It all started when I was enjoying a late-night game of poker with some friends of mine, including by best friend, Joe Allen. there was a small rumble and my noticed that my glass of fine vino was disturbed a bit.What was that? Joe said curiously.Oh, it was probably just the firemen throwing in more than coal to speed this thing up overnight. I replied. The game move normally until I was out of cash on hand I wasnt very good at poker in the original place. The end of the game was interrupted by three stewards bursting into the large direction and yelling, Every unitary and only(a) on be Secure life belts immediatelyJoe and I sprung up to see what was the matter. Whats the big idea here? Joe yelled to one of the stewards.We have a small emergency situation and everyone needs to be moved to the dress with their life belts with them. He retorted.I kept my modify because I knew that the superior passengers like us were always helped first. afterward purpose two life belts, we were herded along with many others up to the deck.The deck was living with movement all over. It was total pandemonium as everyone was trying to set about aboard a lifeboat. I have a feeling that the unsinkable Titanic is sinking, Joe said.Sinking or not, we have to get on one of these boats. It looks like theyre letting first-class on first, so were in luck. I said to Joe. On the deck below us, I could see masses of people that looked like herds of sheep being rushed in one direction. I noticed myself a little more air sick than I was before, and that the deck seemed slanted. It was obvious the ship was sinking now. A bear nearby was calling for first-class passengers so we went there and climbed aboard.Any ideas on whats going on? I yelled to the guard.Yeah, we hit a huge berg and were taking on pee stiff down below. He replied. Before I had time to think, the lifeboat was lowered into the water slowly. I felt sorry for the people on that lower deck because the ship was o nly half full of us rich first-class folk. The same guard had hopped onto the ship to lead it away from the dying giant. After seeing the Titanic from a distance, I could see that its long rows of deck lights werent perpendicular to the ocean anymore, but slanted way up.