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Pros And Cons Of Risks In A Night To Remember And The Vanishing Island

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Do risks always have positive connotations to them or make a negative impact from that conflict? Taking risks takes on a big part of people's day-to-day life. While risks may have both positive and negative outcomes, the most important aspect is the knowledge gained from these experiences. Sometimes, risks may be seen as goals or achievements that you've done or negative actions such as losing something or someone. These actions can bring you into a better version of yourself or the worse. According to the texts “Space Shuttle Challenger”, “A Night To Remember”, and “The Vanishing Island”, risk-taking has its pros and cons to it such as affecting your future, impacting the world, and the knowledge that you gain from these experiences.

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“Walter lord brings up during the novel that the reason why most passengers aboard the ship died was due to them not having access to the lifeboats on the Titanic. It mentions, “Especially when everyone realized there weren't enough boats for everyone.” If the Titanic never took this “risk” and experimented with not adding enough lifeboats, we wouldn't know nowadays that boats would need so many lifeboats in case of emergencies. With this, Walter Lord describes the cause and effect of this risk that led to a tragedy. He mentions, “Third officer Pitman…heard the cries…pitman was toned by the dilemma.” Third Officer Pitman risked making a decision that would bring big impacts since pitman would have risked his life or the life of the passengers. Events like these bring a negative factor when it comes to experimenting with new builds and features but that's where trial and error come along. They help gather information for the future to help prevent matters like these. Risk-taking plays a big part when it comes to explaining the actions of what others had to do in a situation that could have happened later. But figuring out what happens sooner can help stop it

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