Lord Jim | Ideas for Group Discussion
Conrad's reputation as an author of nautical fiction may provide an opening entry into a consideration of his work, especially in discussing Jim's actions on board the Patna, and his later attempts to explain what happened. Disasters at sea such as the sinking of the Titanic continue to stir imaginations, and offer a good deal of material for analysis of human interest and moral behavior (or the lack thereof) in the face of crisis. Questions of honor and integrity are of considerable interest in politics and public life, and the question of how one can regain lost honor and...
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