tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post4978933787488140589..comments2024-03-28T20:44:48.472-05:00Comments on All The Book Blog Names Are Taken: How to Survive the Titanic, or, The Sinking of J. Bruce IsmaySarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Takenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507006809241347635noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post-84975355714491447322018-12-20T17:29:12.432-06:002018-12-20T17:29:12.432-06:00I would definitely agree with that. His dad was no...I would definitely agree with that. His dad was not pleasant. More so than anything else, to me it was his actions afterward that made me view him in such a harsh light. He should have stayed with the ship, but he didn't. And in the grand scheme of things, considering how empty all the other lifeboats were, him taking one spot did not matter at all. But afterward, his complete refusal to accept any responsibility, that was the kicker for me.Sarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Takenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507006809241347635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post-80820572938066961552018-12-20T04:24:40.071-06:002018-12-20T04:24:40.071-06:00I 'enjoyed' this. Ismay is an easy charact...I 'enjoyed' this. Ismay is an easy character to hate but I also felt kind of sorry for him. From his background I thought that his parents, particularly his father, broke him as a child and he never recovered from that. Ismay was also the lightening rod for all of the public anger at the sinking of a supposedly unsinkable ship - as well as a hate figure of anyone with an axe to grind against 'the Establishment' in an era when automatic deference to the rich was coming, finally, to an end. He most certainly 'broke the rules' by surviving and didn't make it any better with his subsequent behaviour but, at least in part, I think he was a victim too. CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com