Who knows how long after the Titanic set off?

According to the Daily Express and The Sun, the fictional love in the movie Titanic touched countless people. But little known is that there really happened a thrilling "love between life and death" on the Titanic: American gentleman Edward and beautiful woman writer Helen fell in love at first sight when they boarded the Titanic. On April 19 12, the ship hit an iceberg and sank. Helen boarded the lifeboat, but Edward sank into the sea with the ship. After 93 years, their farewell promise will probably be auctioned at a high price of 65,438+2,000 pounds, so that this realistic version of the Titanic story finally surfaced.

The sinking of Titanic-the biggest shipwreck in history

19 12 10 At 2: 20 am on April 20th, the Titanic, which weighed 465,000 tons and was regarded as the largest and safest luxury cruise ship in the world at that time, hit a huge iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank in the waters near Newfoundland on the east coast of Canada. There were 2223 passengers on board. Unfortunately, only more than 700 passengers escaped the biggest shipwreck in history. The following is about the sinking of the Titanic.

Hit an iceberg

The starboard side of the Titanic hit an iceberg. Although several tons of ice hit the front deck like a landslide, the ship shook slightly, then continued to slide forward and stopped a few minutes later. When Captain Smith learned the bad news, he immediately checked the damaged part with designer Andrew. The result made them feel heavy. Andrew estimated that the ship would sink after 1 hour, at most 1.5 hours.

Brid, a telecom operator, decided to try the new sos signal to be used soon. In this way, Titanic became the first ship in the world to send out SOS distress signals.

Evacuate passengers

There are more than 2200 people on board, so at least half of them can escape by lifeboat. But most passengers are not aware of the danger. At about 0: 30, Smith ordered the lifeboat to be released, and ordered women and children to get on first, but many people did not want to get on the lifeboat. They don't believe that a behemoth like Titanic will sink. The first lifeboat was lowered at 0: 45, but there were only 28 people in the 65-person lifeboat.

At 00: 55, lifeboat 6 also began to disembark. A series of distress signals made people realize that Titanic was really in big trouble. People began to flock to the deck. Because of the "women and children first" rule, many touching scenes appeared on the deck: the husband kissed his wife and children goodbye and helped them board the lifeboat. Many wives bid farewell to their husbands, and some even refused to go aboard.

Last minute

1: 30, the ship tilted seriously and the passengers began to panic. When the lifeboat c 14 was lowered, some passengers rushed over and jumped on the boat. Afraid of an accident, George took out his gun and fired two shots to curb the irrational passengers.

In the telecom room, the two telecom operators still stick to their posts. They send a telegram back to the company every 10 minutes. 1: 35, the telegram reads: "Water in engine room"; 1: 45: "Boiler water inlet"!

At 2: 05, the lifeboat was gone, but there were more than 1500 people on the sunken ship. The second mate Lettole put down a rubber boat and ordered the crew to surround it with guns. Only women and children were allowed on board, and 44 people were taken away. When all the ships are

After leaving, there was a strange silence on Titanic. Everyone stopped panicking and hundreds of people stood quietly on the deck. At this moment, Captain Smith appeared. "Now, save yourself/he said to all the staff.

2: 18, the ship sank completely, and it was dark all around, only crying and crying for help sounded in the night. According to eyewitness's recollection, at the moment when the ship sank into the sea, a huge water mass went straight into the sky. (Lin Yu)

The resurrection of love myth

After watching Titanic, it is not difficult for us to find that the reason why the film touched people's hearts is because of the love of life and death between the hero and heroine Jack and Ruth in the film. Here, love becomes the ultimate theme of people's dreams.

It can be said that when Titanic returned to the Atlantic in an artistic way, there was abundant capital and touching love among the various forces that made it surface. Love turns back time; Let the Titanic come back to life, let Jack and Ruth stay at the bow of the Titanic and fly against the Atlantic sea breeze.

Titanic is a myth, and the love between Jack and Ruth is a myth among myths. People who have seen movies begin to yearn for or look for the power of this myth, a spiritual power that closely connects this half of human beings with the other half.

When Titanic entered our ordinary living space, our experience had the power of violent beating in an instant. Maybe we can't keep too many records, maybe we can't expect complete redemption, but at least at this moment, we have caught one thing, and that is love. After the great history is deconstructed, it should be regarded as a kind of harvest to seize the little love, because it can also give us inspiration and make our daily life shine.

Under the impact of postmodernism, human beings are more willing to believe in the myth of love. This raises a question, and nothing can escape the scalpel of deconstruction. However, once love is encountered, will the deconstructionist be in a dilemma? They will wonder whether the deconstruction has reached a boundary, or whether the disintegration and splicing of these love myths after the long-term impact of postmodernism is a signal of the end of postmodernism. (JJ)

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Now let's go back to the beginning of this century. ...

Royal Mail Titanic is the last grand dream of its golden age, and the greatest achievement of that era full of prosperity, impetuousness and ethics. At that time, however, no one realized that the whole world was about to change dramatically. The invention of radio was in 190 1 year, and the Wright brothers' first test flight was in 1903 ... All the old ideas about class, conduct and gender are about to be broken. If the birth of Titanic marked the peak of that era, then perhaps its sinking opened the curtain for this ancient drama and heralded the arrival of a new era.

At that time, the increasingly competitive ocean shipping industry made great progress in ship design, scale and speed. As one of the industry leaders, White Star Shipping Company decided to focus on scale and luxury, not just speed. 1907, Bruce, Director of White Star Shipping Operations? Ismay and Harland &; Lord James peary, a partner of Wolf Shipbuilding Company, plans to build three luxury ships, which will set a new standard for the comfort, luxury and safety of the industry. The first two ships were named Olympic and Titanic respectively. Ismail chose Titanic as the name of the ship to show its great and infinite power.

It took a whole year to design these two ships alone. 190865438+In February, the construction of the Olympic Games began, followed by the construction of the Titanic in March 1909. Harlan & Wolff Shipyard had to rebuild the shipyard in Belfast to accommodate these two huge projects; At the same time, White Star Shipping Company had to expand the wharf in new york to allow ships to dock at the port. During the two years when the Titanic hull was built, the media repeatedly publicized the grandeur of the ship, which actually made the Titanic a contemporary legend before it was launched for a long voyage. 19 1 1 In May, the launching ceremony of steel shell was even more grand, and many audiences flocked to it. The ticket proceeds were donated to a local children's hospital.

Then Titanic began to be "fully armed", that is, the construction of facilities and systems in the ship, as well as complex carpentry and fine decoration. With the approach of the maiden voyage date, the completed Olympic ship needs large-scale maintenance due to collision accidents; It's already tense to finish the Titanic on schedule, so Harland &; The workload of Wolf Shipbuilding Company is heavier. As a result, the maiden voyage date of Titanic had to be postponed from 1965438+ on March 20th, 2002 to 10 in April.

Titanic is 883 feet (270 meters) long, 92 feet (28 meters) wide and weighs 46,328 tons. The height from the keel to the bridge is 104 feet (3 1.7 meters). Although it was 35 feet below the waterline, it was still higher than any building in the metropolis at that time. Titanic was designed with only three chimneys, but in order to increase the expressive force of hull size and strength and meet the smoke exhaust needs of many kitchens, the designer added a fourth chimney, which had little effect. In a word, Titanic was the largest moving object built by human beings at that time.

In addition, the advanced safety technology of Titanic is really amazing. It has a double wall made of one-inch steel plate, and the whole system consists of 16 waterproof cabins, which are isolated by several giant doors and can be triggered at any time by a button or a water sensor. From then on, the press began to call it an unsinkable ship.

Titanic's internal facilities were the most luxurious and advanced at that time: every room had electric lights and heating equipment, there was a direct elevator between floors, a swimming pool, a hamam, a gym, a lobby and a first-class room comparable to the most upscale hotel rooms. In order to adapt to the tastes of passengers in different regions, Titanic also provided them with various restaurants and cafes. In addition, it has two (usually one) bands composed of first-class musicians, many of whom jumped ship from other ships. There are two libraries on Titanic, which serve first class and second class respectively. Even the third-class cabin is more luxurious than the first-class cabin of some small ships, and some facilities in the cabin are unheard of for the immigrant passengers of Titanic. The original design of Titanic required 32 lifeboats. However, White Star's management thought it would make the deck crowded, so they reduced the number of lifeboats to 20, which could only accommodate 1 178 people. No one thought of the consequences of this decision at that time.

The maiden voyage of Titanic attracted countless "romantic figures": British aristocrats, American entrepreneurs, celebrities from all walks of life in new york and Philadelphia. At the same time, it also attracts many poor immigrants, hoping to start a new life in the United States or Canada.

At noon on Wednesday, April 19 12, the voyage of the great ship finally began in Southampton. Before sunset, Titanic stopped at Cherbourg, France, and more passengers boarded the ship. Sail to Queenston, Ireland that night and sail into the Atlantic Ocean at 1: 30 the next afternoon.

Even passengers who have experienced stormy waves can't help but be impressed by this huge ship. The Titanic was so big that they couldn't feel the ship sailing at all. Huge and powerful engines don't produce annoying vibration or unbearable noise like other ships. It runs smoothly and comfortably at a speed of 22 knots. Although it is not the fastest route, it is definitely in the top five.

The weather is clear, the vision is wide, and the water temperature is about 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The winter in 19 12 is unusually docile. A lot of ice fell off the iceberg and into the sea. Titanic is equipped with a new radio telegraph system, and two operators are on duty day and night in the radio room. On Thursday, April 14, the fifth day of sailing, Titanic received five different iceberg warnings, but the captain didn't take them seriously. The ship was still traveling at a high speed of 22 knots, and Bruce Ismay, the airline's operation manager, actually suggested shortening the arrival time in new york by one day.

On the evening of April 14, radio operator Phillips was busy reporting a rap passenger to the Race Corner in Newfoundland. At this time, he received the sixth iceberg warning that night, but because he didn't realize how close the Titanic was to the warning location, he just put the news under the paper town at hand. Captain Smith or other crew members near the bridge will never have a chance to see the news again.

It was a rare sunny and dark night. Although there is no moonlight, the stars in the sky emit dim fluorescence. Some stars are so bright that a sailor mistakenly thinks that Jupiter (just above the horizon) is the light of another ship. At this time, the sea was unusually calm, and many survivors recalled that it was "like a glass mirror." Icebergs without waves are more difficult to identify, because in this case, when the sea passes the edge of the iceberg, it will not produce white waves as usual.

1 1: 40, a lookout found an iceberg not far ahead, and he immediately informed the bridge. Muddock, the first mate, ordered the left rudder to be full and informed the engine room to fully reverse. However, the ship is too big and moving too fast, and the iceberg is too close. Titanic only changed direction slightly. 37 seconds later, the worst shipwreck in history began.

In that night's bravery, panic and tragedy, 705 people were rescued and 1502 people were killed, which left many thoughts for future generations. ...

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