Sinking Ship

On the Tiatnic, many people were in the wrong, some of the people I would be able to forgive, like the officers. They were just as scared as everyone else and they really weren't expecting to hit an ice berg. They tried to the best of their ability, at the moment, to get all the people they could onto life boats. I would not be able to forgive the captain. As a captain it is your duty to protect all the people on the ship, and to pay attention to what you're doing. It says that he wasn't paying attention to the ice warning and he was going way too fast, he did not slow down for the ice berg, even though he knew he was about to hit one. He had to take all the blame for killing those people because they were his responsibility. 

Pity

No, this man does not deserve pity from anyone! He did this to himself, he made the decisions he made knowing what he was doing. He was in his right mind the whole time, he knew he was killing innocent people for no reason, at all. Now that he is on his death bed, suffering just like the people he killed, he wants forgiveness. All those Jews he killed probably wanted forgiveness too, but for what? They did nothing wrong in the first place, but nobody would ever listen to them. Nobody gave them a reason as to why they were being killed. This man is now realizing how wrong it was to do what he did because he is suffering, not even half as bad he made other people suffer. I guess they say karma is a "B" word for a reason, and now what's gone around is coming around for him. In the text he states, "When I was still a boy I believed with my mind and soul in God and in the commandments of the Church. Then everything was easier. If I still had that faith I am sure death would not be so hard." Now that he is realizing that he has lost God, he is saying that he could make it through death okay if he had not have lost him. He basically said that if he were still close to God, I wouldn't be asking you for forgiveness of what I have done.