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Lord jim book5/27/2023 The punishment meted out by the officials is nothing compared to how Jim is prepared to punish himself. The others take flight again, and Jim is left to bear the full weight of the official inquest. The men are picked up by a passing ship and returned to port, where their crime of deserting ship is discovered. While Jim does not actively participate in preparations for escape, he does, in the end, take advantage of the safety boat. Knowing there are not enough lifeboats for everyone, they try to quietly release one for themselves. The seamen in charge of the boat decide to run for their lives. It’s the dead of night and the pilgrims are sleeping. The rusty old boat strikes something and starts taking on water. He is hired aboard the Patna, a passenger ship chockful of pilgrims, and his mettle is tested. In the dramas he envisions, he plays an adventuresome and always heroic role. A young man named Jim has romantic visions of going to sea.
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