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.

... BS 251 --- Introduction to British Literature Term Paper#2 --- Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad Name --- Ms. Thongkorn Jaroensilp Student ID --- 4406640435 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. Jim was a young man who goes to seas dreaming of becoming hero. He often fantasizes scenes of himself saving people and all these ideas come from the popular literature that he read. One day, his gets his chance when the ship he is aboard gets damaged. However, Jim fails to save anyone but, instead, he abandons the ship with the other crews. Jim is haunted by this guilt and the failure to do what he dreams for. His dreams of heroism lead to his death in the end of the novel. Marlow is the narrator of the story. It is Marlow who pieces Jim's story together

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