Lord Jim | Themes
The novel's primary themes are the careful study of Jim's betrayal of his duty on board the Patna, and the saga of his lifelong search to regain his honor. Much of the novel is concerned with the analysis of Jim's impulsive act of flight from the Patna's crisis. The reader is allowed to see the court's view of the action, Marlow's assessment of Jim and the other three disgraced officers, Jim's own attempt to explain or rationalize his actions, and Captain Brierly's view of the events. Ironically, Brierly, a man of supposedly impeccable moral rigor, is haunted by his...
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