Compare Disasters

The two events; the Titanic and Krakauer's journey are similar in both being great lost for the people who been through it. Also in both events people died of a tragic death. However what happened is different and they are also written with a different style. Krakauer has a closer view at the event since he was there to witness it and he put more narrative into the story than the Titanic story which was more informational. However both are written to make the event more interesting to read about and not just data and information. The Titanic story is using all firsthand and secondhand evidence and is told by putting the evidence together making it flow like a story. Yet Krakauer's story is a really narrative, he pretty much rights a memoir of the event into a book. The Titanic story is told from a third person point of view and is in the past tense since the event happen before the story was published. Krakauer's story is told in a first person point of view so there is less information in total but it more detailed on certain events and also has a more personal feeling to it. One is like looking at the after math and one is a flash back where you are right there with Krakauer.