A Brief Introduction to Emotion in Titanic

< < Titanic > > illustrates the disaster caused by human arrogance and self-confidence. Titanic, an unsinkable ship, is a great achievement in the industrial age. On the day the Titanic sank, people in the western world had enjoyed 100 years of stability and peace. With the steady progress of science and technology and the rapid development of industry, people are full of confidence in the future, so that people take the power of nature lightly, resulting in paralysis, arrogance and arrogance, which leads to tragedy. These thoughts and emotions are very obvious and concentrated in Smith, the captain of Titanic. Smith, the captain of Titanic, once declared arrogantly, "I can't imagine under what circumstances a ship will sink, and I can't imagine what catastrophe will happen on this ship. Modern shipbuilding technology has surpassed these. " This reflects Smith's excessive superstition of shipbuilding technology and his carelessness and indifference to possible disasters. In order to retire with world-renowned glory, people admire and worship. Shortly after the Titanic set sail, he ordered to speed up, and the reason for ordering to speed up was just to show the world the ability of an unsinkable ship. As an old captain for many years, he did not consider the risks brought by speeding up, but was intoxicated by this speeding up. When Esme, the boss, asked him to speed up and arrive in new york ahead of time again to create a miracle, he was still sober at first and advised his boss to respect science, but later he gave in to the temptation and made his sailing career have a happy ending, and he didn't stick to his own ideas. Especially when his men reported iceberg information, he easily comforted his men not to worry. Icebergs are common things this season.

< < Titanic & lt& lt shows the yearning and worship for American culture. These are typical of Jack, the hero of Titanic. Jack is the representative of American cultural spirit. First of all, Jack and his friends won the tickets for Titanic and the opportunity to go to America through gambling. In their minds, America is a paradise on earth. If you go to America, you can realize your dream of wealth and completely change your life destiny. Then Jack attracted Ruth with his American freedom and confidence. Although penniless, the young man living in the third class loves life and freedom. He taught Ruth to spit everywhere. He invited Ruth to a dance in the third class without restraint, so that depressed Ruth found the joy of life again and got a new life. Finally, attracted by Jack, Ruth got off the boat and asked Jack to take her away.

< < Titanic > > The expression of human nature in it is more complicated. The captain is an experienced old captain who is about to retire. He has a warning message from an iceberg in his hand. However, in order to enter the newspaper, break the record and retire with dignity, he ordered full speed when he thought he could handle emergencies. He was too confident and wanted to win honor, but he lost the most important rule, that is, the life of passengers is greater than the sky. However, although the captain was temporarily blinded by honor, he was filled with regret when he sank. He is the captain, he has the privilege, he could have escaped first, but he chose to sink with the ship and frankly walked into the cockpit to drown the sea. First mate, he accepted Carl's money at first and promised to help him get on the boat first. Before he promised Carl, his thoughts were only money and status, regardless of other feelings. But when he saw the ship hit the iceberg, people scrambled to escape, and their hearts changed, from indifference to shock. He refused Carl's money, saying that money could not save Carl's life. He saw a man get into a lifeboat to survive. He knew that the man had done the right thing, but the captain's orders and traditional ethics forced him to make a decision: pull him out and shoot him. After the robbery, the people on board became restless, and then he made a bold decision to shoot himself to make up for his murder. We can see the complex transformation of human nature from the captain and the first mate, and this complex transformation of human nature is very prominent in>.

The first class of the< Titanic >> ship is mainly taken by rich people, the second class passengers are mostly middle-class employees and businessmen, and the third class (and below) is mainly taken by poor immigrants going to the United States. Only 26% of the third-class passengers survived afterwards, correspondingly, the survival rate of the second-class passengers was 44%, and the survival rate of the first-class passengers was 60%. The survival rate of male passengers in first class is slightly higher than that of children in third class.

The nobles in the upper class attach great importance to the status and wealth of the people they associate with. They live under a false appearance, flatter those who are taller and richer than themselves, but are full of cynicism about those who are not as good as themselves and live in the third class.

Ruth's mother did not hesitate to exchange her daughter's happiness for wealth in order to maintain her position. She is friendly to the nobility, but she insults the poor like Jack. She is a person who values money first. For status and money, she forced her daughter to cut off contact with Jack. She is humble and her humanity is ugly and incomplete.

There is also the attitude of the waiters to Jack before and after. When Jack dressed up for the party, he was very polite and even complimented Jack, but he kicked him out the next day. The reason is that Jack is wearing third-class clothes. Although the status of waiters is not much higher than that of the lower classes, it profoundly reflects the human deformity brought by class society.