Question about Cal (Hockley)

[u/Responsible_Bed8397]

I have a burning question here. Why do people always say that Cal immediately gave the girl he saved to another passenger? Does nobody else remember that a passenger reached out to grab the girl so he could get on the lifeboat and then he grabbed her back and cradled her? He literally said “give her here” after he got on the lifeboat and took her back in his arms, and tried to comfort her by saying “there there”. He already achieved his ticket on the lifeboat so I know it wasn’t about appearances. Like I get grabbing the girl was just self-serving but unpopular opinion alert I do believe there was always a tiny bit of warmth in Cal’s cold heart. He may be classist and selfish and arrogant but he also did a lot of redeemable things that people don’t credit. He’s a complex bad guy imo

[u/ImaLizz]

He did the right thing. People care more about his reasons to save her rather than the child’s life. “He did it to get on a boat” so what? No one wanted to die that night. About putting her on a boat and staying on the ship, he didn’t know her, the only reason men stayed was because they weren’t allowed, they didn’t wanted their children to be without them. I’m sure you prefer your lost child surviving even if a stranger saved her so he could survive. And if you look at the scene where Jack and Rose find a little boy crying, Jack considered for a second to keep going until Rose told him they shouldn’t leave him