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Okay, this is for my Honors English summer portfolio, we're supposed to make a "list of all the characters including a brief explanation of each" for the book A Night To Remember. It really helps if you read the book but you can just check the grammar/punctuation. Pleaasssee just look it over......


Character Chart for A Night to Remember

Captain Smith: A natural leader, he was the Titanic’s intrepid captain. Captain Smith had 38 years’ service with White Star Line. He was often called a “bearded patriarch” and was very well respected. It is with this respect that he chose to go down with the ship and drown rather than jump into one of the boats.

Edith Evans: Miss Evans, a First Class passenger, missed the last lifesaving boat off of the Titanic and was left to fend for herself like the men and Third Class passengers.

Lookout Frederick Fleet: One of the six lookouts carried by the Titanic. Fleet was the first to remark on the danger that lied ahead of the ship before the collision.

Quartermaster George Thomas Rowe: An auspicious man, he was also early to notice the iceberg and the possible danger. However, Rowe was the last to know that the ship was actually sinking. Because he was standing at the far end of the boat, he was overlooked when the news was spreading.

Bandmaster Wallace Henry Hartley: Hartley led his men in playing ragtime tunes as the ship sank. The music was supposed to keep the people on the ship calm as they struggled to find safety. The band was playing until the last few minutes of the sinking. The band consisted of popular musicians that were intrigued about the idea of being on the Titanic’s maiden voyage.

Bruce Ismay: Ismay served as President of the line of ships. He rode the ship as a passenger at some points, and as a crew member at other times. He was badly affected by the ship’s sinking and retired to a lifetime of confinement after unloading off of the Carpathia. On the way back to New York via the Carpathia, he never ate anything solid, never left his room, and only received one visitor (Jack Thayer). Afterwards, he retired from White Star Line and moved to Ireland, where he became a hermit.

Thomas Andrews: The builder of the Titanic who had come along for the maiden voyage to iron out any kinks in the ship. He was a distinguished figure. He understood ships to a stupendous degree. Andrews knew every last detail of the Titanic, but unfortunately, no amount of knowledge could keep the ship from sinking that night after the crash. With all dignity, he remained in the smoking room as the boat was sinking.

Jack Thayer: A young man traveling with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Thayer of Philadelphia. He too was alerted by the crash earlier than most of the passengers. During the sinking, Jack is one of the few to remain calm. He was also one of the few First Class men to survive.

First Operator George Philips and Second Operator Bride: The wireless operators of the Titanic, they were instructed to send out signals throughout the night. None were received and acted upon in time.

Fifth Officer Lowe: An amicable officer that survived the sinking of the ship, he courageously led boat No. 14 back into the scene after the sinking to look for survivors. He didn’t have much success but is remembered for his kindness.

Walter Hurst: Hurst was one of the men that were able to climb abroad Collapsible B. When it was dangerously crowded, he refused to let anyone else in. However, when a swimmer began to call, “Good boy! Good lads!” He felt the need to hold out his oar to let the man on. But the mysterious man was too far gone. As of the time this novel was written, Hurst still believed that the mysterious man was Captain Smith.

Third Officer Groves of the Californian: A young, vigilant man abroad a neighboring ship of the Titanic’s resting place. He often visited Wireless Operator Cyril F. Evans and would pick up the latest news from his office. On the ill-fated night of the Titanic’s sinking, Groves visited the office of Evans and put on the headphones used to hear signals. He wasn’t very knowledgeable of the equipment. Evans was reading a magazine and didn’t bother to even acknowledge Grove’s presence kindly, so he didn’t help Groves. The Californian’s set had a magnetic detector that ran by clockwork. Groves didn’t wind it up, so he heard nothing at all. This was the second fatal mistake that night (the Titanic colliding with the iceberg being the first).

Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus: A prominent couple abroad the Titanic. Mrs. Straus was daring and refused to get into a boat without her husband. She was one of the only women that night to refuse to get into a boat in respect to her husband. Mr. Straus, when offered a seat in a boat, refused saying he would not go before other men.

Second Officer Stone and Apprentice Gibson of the Californian: Both stood and watched as the strange ship sunk deeper and deeper into the ocean from their ship’s deck. Neither knew soon enough that the Titanic had struck an iceberg and was sinking. At 2 o’clock in the morning, Gibson finally called the Captain. The Captain sleepily responded and nothing was done. At 2:20, Gibson decided that the ship was definitely gone. At 2:40, he decided he should go tell the Captain himself. Still, nothing was done immediately to help.

By Nyu2010 (Nyu2010) on Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 08:35 am: Edit

bump

By Nyu2010 (Nyu2010) on Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 08:39 am: Edit

"Walter Hurst: Hurst was one of the men that were able to climb abroad Collapsible B. "

Okay, I caught that one. It would be:

"Walter Hurst: Hurst was one of the men that WAS able to climb ABOARD Collapsible B."

Right?

By Nyu2010 (Nyu2010) on Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 08:41 am: Edit

Yeah, all the abroads need to be aboards.....?

By Nyu2010 (Nyu2010) on Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 09:31 am: Edit

"Both stood and watched as the strange ship sunk deeper and deeper into the ocean from their ship’s deck."


Change that to a sank...