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When I finished the intro, I began to ponder over his words that he used in the first few pages. He constantly mentioned that he felt that he was just a background object during the production of the Titanic documentary, more amplified when there was no mention of him to the general public during or after the show. In some ways, this is how a historian is, in which the historian is part of the background because the historian is observing events that have already occurred. In the case of the feeling of alienation that he felt, it could be interpreted in that even though an historian is watching the events that has happened, a historian cannot respond directly to the historical event, rather the historian can only respond indirectly such as through research.

By studying history, it is by observing and reading anything that was recorded or left behind from a particular historical era. At the same time, it also involves attempting to interpret what occurred or how the people thought. As mentioned by my classmate, the struggles and challenges that the white European immigrants and African American citizens faced could be interpreted as a Marxist struggle. Meanwhile, my other classmate mentions that in the sinking of the Titanic, there was a conservative attitude that occurred among the wealthy passengers.

In each case, the interpretation was derived from the evidence that was left behind. Each interpretation was done to show an idea or action has actually happened. They did not make up ideas that were not present in their interpretation. Even though its obvious that my classmates were not present in that specific historical time period, they were still able to understand the time period.