What's the Word May 1 Issue

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UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

May 1, 2017

Finals Week Spring 2016

Billy Lorusso BuzzFeed Staff

This "Titanic" Theory Migh Jack On The Boa

Recently, a Reddit fan theory surrounding Leonardo DiCaprio's character in the Oscar-winning Titanic has surfaced, and it just might change the way you see the film.*

According to the theory, Jack Dawson isn't actually a real person. In other words, he never exsisted.

Instead, the romantic, lovable lead is merely a figment of Rose's imagination, which she invents during a psychotic episode in order to distract her from her insufferable reality as an upper-class woman.

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Let's investigate some possible evidence, shall we?

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When 101-year-old Rose hears this, she responds cryptically with "No, there wouldn't be, would there. ... He exists now only in my memory."

Finally, there is that tragic scene where Rose lets Jack drown, despite it having being proved that there was enough room for two people on that floating board.

The theory holds that Rose was able to let Jack drown so easily because he wasn't actually physically there to climb onto the board with her.

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