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What would have become of Jack if he never

posted 7 years ago by SilentNightDeadlyNight2807 (28)
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Boarded the Titanic?

I think Rose was responsible for his death. She did a lot of selfish things that provoked Cal to stall them and leave jack on board (or I think Cal would have probably shot him if she hadn't jumped and everything went according to his plan). If he had never met her, I'm sure he could have possibly be let off by Murdoch, that is if he didn't mind what class he was.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

He'd still be alive, but stuck in England until he could find another way to get back to America.

Rose wasn't completely responsible for his death. Cal was just an a-hole. Rose cheating on him doesn't justify Cal's right to try to kill him, and arrest him on a sinking ship.

[–] duckofprey (1535) 7 years ago

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[–] Otter (24464) 7 years ago

He'd have continued to be irresponsible and unsuccessful, and it would have started to embitter him before he was much older.

By dying young, he stayed forever fresh and adorable in someone's memory, and never became the angry middle-aged loser he would have been. Not that that makes dying young worthwhile, I'm sure Jack would have liked the chance to become an angry middle-aged loser.

[–] Furienna (3322) 7 years ago

But I don't understand why you necessarily think that he was going to become such a "loser" as a middle-aged man. Jack died so young (nineteen years old), that we know nothing about what his future could have been... He might have become a celebrated artist. Or he could have become successful within another field. We simply don't know...

[–] duckofprey (1535) 7 years ago

He would have moved onto painting rather than sketching, becoming a world class painter and died as a very wealthy man in the 1970s.