In New York City, the Lusitania was sailing to new England but they did not know that Germans said that,”If any ship is sailing England, will be sunk.”Many people died in this attack at sea. 1198 people died, and only 761 people survived”. The day they got on the boat, Elsie was excited to get to the ship. The author help the reader empathize, for example the author said ,“Elsie must have gazed in wonder at the Lusitania’s four towering steel funnels, which gleamed in the rays of sunshine that briefly pierced the gray clouds. She must have marveled at the ship’s shiny black hull, which stretched the length of more than two football fields.” Another example is,”The whole world was being transformed. It was suddenly filled with shiny