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Why are people still talking about the Titanic?

I’m writing an essay for school the the title shown above. I wanted to compare the Titanic disaster to other sea/ship related disasters, and why is it that the story of the Titanic still memorizes people, whereas other ships haven’t as much…

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Because unlike other shipwrecks, it’s a symbol of the power (or lack of it) of human technology.

The Titanic was the Appollo 13 of its day–The peak of human technology, that was supposed to be perfectly safe, and therefore could never fail. But, when it sank, people learned the limits of human pride in technology.

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