Titanic - Hopes and Dreams Lost at Sea

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TITANIC THE CLASSES: HOPES AND DREAMS LOST AT SEA The RMS Titanic was the greatest, most luxurious ship of its time. The ship was proclaimed “unsinkable” as God himself could not sink her.[1] She was known as the “ship of dreams.”[2] The passengers of the Titanic were so exited and proud to be sailing on such a great ship. They felt their dreams were finally coming true because they had managed to get a ticket on the greatest ship of its time, and were sailing to America where all their hopes of a new and better life would be. Just being on this magnificent ship would be the adventure of a lifetime. On April 10, 1912, a total of 2, 222 people boarded the Titanic. The list of those aboard the Titanic included 325 in First Class, 285 in Second Class, 706 in Third Class, and 885 crew members.[3] First Class included the wealthiest, most important members of the upper class. Most of them were “businessmen, politicians, high-ranking military personnel, industrialists, bankers and professional athletes.”[4] How much they paid for their ticket depended on the size of their cabins.[5] The cost of the cabins were approximately $2,500 dollars, and the most expensive rooms being around $103,000, but only the upper class could buy a First Class ticket. The First Class passengers were the passengers sailing for the “thrill of adventure”,[6] and something that would make them seem important to others when they talked about it. First Class was total luxury with private dining rooms, reception room, restaurant, lounge, reading and writing room, smoking room, turkish baths, gyms, and squash courts. The grand staircase was the best feature of the ship. It was built through seven decks of the ship and had a dome glass top that showed natural light. It lead the way to the entrance halls like the First Class Reception Room[7], and the main meeting area
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