![]() ![]() Raised on popular sea literature, Jim constantly daydreams about becoming a hero, yet he. He rises quickly through the ranks and soon becomes chief mate. Jim is a promising young man who goes to sea as a youth. Marlow relates this incident in a letter to an unknown recipient. Lord Jim is the story of a man named Marlow's struggle to tell and to understand the life story of a man named Jim. The father of a man Jim inadvertently got killed shoots Jim and kills him. Once again Jim turns himself in to the authorities – this time the native leaders of the island. A pirate named Gentleman Brown shows up and wreaks havoc on the island, and Jim makes some bad judgment calls that result in a death. ![]() Marlow found him jobs, but Jim always quit and ran off again in an effort to escape his humiliation and shame.Įventually Jim makes his way to the island of Patusan and becomes a local leader among the native people there. Jim told Marlow his whole, sorry story, and Marlow tried to help Jim out over the next few years. Though publicly disgraced, Jim found a sympathetic buddy in Marlow. Jim turned himself in to authorities and went on trial for dereliction (abandonment) of duty. Back in the day Jim abandoned his sinking ship along with other members of the crew. Captain Marlow, professional sailor and amateur storyteller, decides to hold his own open mic night and tell an audience all about the tragic tale of Jim. ![]()
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