Old Rose telling the truth? {-e-}

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When the old Rose is first looking at the drawing of herself, her grand daughter asks, "You really think this is you, nanna?" I guess since Rose had never even told anybody about being on the Titanic. But since Rose takes her pictures with her everywhere, surely her granddaughter would have seen several of Rose when she was young, and the drawing looks exactly like her! Did anyone else notice this?

-- Mariana SIlva (msilva@igs.net), February 17, 1998

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Response to Old Rose telling the truth

Good point. She should have noticed that. But also the pictures were probably taken long after the sinking (I am sure she didn't go out the next day and learn to ride a horse) and she may have looked a bit different than the drawing. (I think that she did anyway) :)

-- Laura Pliner (pliner98@hotmail.com), February 17, 1998.

I think that line was trying to examplify that Rose was an old woman, we see how she can't walk well, and later on in life, people, well, sometimes make up stories. They may be going a little nutty, or maybe they just want to pass the time more excitingly. Lizzie is just being protective. She also wants Rose to rest when she starts telling her story. At 101, just getting up and taking a bath would be pretty hard to do. Re-living her Titanic story rejuvinates her, but for the little while we see her before she tells her story, she seems like a fragile l'il old lady.

-- Jen (jendrew@hotmail.com), February 17, 1998.

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