Characterization and Central Ideas in A Night to Remember Answers

How does the use of actual names and dialogue in A Night to Remember serve the author’s purpose?

How does the author of A Night to Remember convincingly relate the sinking of the Titanic?

Read this excerpt from A Night to Remember.Perhaps the Colonel was distracted by his simultaneous efforts to look after Mrs. Churchill Candee, his table companion in the dining saloon. Mrs. Candee was returning from Paris to see her son, who had suffered the novelty of an airplane accident, and she must have been attractive indeed. Just about everybody wanted to protect her.Based on the excerpt, Mrs. Candee is best described as

Which details from A Night to Remember best support a central idea of poor planning on the part of the ship’s management?

Read this excerpt from A Night to Remember.No amount of persuasion or force could move Mrs. Hudson J. Allison of Montreal. A little apart from the rest, she huddled close to Mr. Allison, while their small daughter Lorraine tugged at her skirt.Which method of characterization does the author use to help the reader get to know Mrs. Allison?

Read this excerpt from A Night to Remember.Arthur Ryerson had to lay down the law to Mrs. Ryerson: "You must obey orders. When they say ‘Women and children to the boats,’ you must go when your turn comes. I’ll stay here with Jack Thayer. We’ll be all right."Alexander T. Compton, Jr., was just as firm when his mother announced she would stay rather than leave him behind: "Don’t be foolish, Mother. You and Sister go in the boat—I’ll look out for myself." What do the actions and dialogue of the characters in this excerpt reveal about the roles of men and women during this time period?

Which excerpt from A Night to Remember best indicates the customs of the time period?

Read this excerpt from A Night to Remember.No. 6 was halfway down when a woman called up to the Boat Deck, "We’ve only one seaman in the boat!""Any seamen there?" Lightoller asked the people on deck."If you like, I will go," called a voice from the crowd."Are you a seaman?""I am a yachtsman.""If you’re sailor enough to get out on that fall, you can go down." Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen—vice-commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club—swung himself out on the forward fall and slid down into the boat. He was the only male passenger Lightoller allowed in a boat that night.What does the reader learn about Peuchen from his actions in the excerpt?

Read this excerpt from A Night to Remember.It was all so urgent—and yet so calm—that Second Officer Lightoller felt he was wasting time when Chief Officer Wilde asked him to help find the firearms. Quickly he led the Captain, Wilde, and First Officer Murdoch to the locker where they were kept. Wilde shoved one of the guns into Lightoller’s hand, remarking, "You may need it." Lightoller stuck it in his pocket and hurried back to the boat.The officers’ actions in this excerpt show that they are

Read this excerpt from A Night to Remember."Be brave; no matter what happens, be brave," Dr. W. T. Minahan told Mrs. Minahan as he stepped back with the other men.Based on this dialogue, what is Dr. Minahan most likely thinking?