Lord Jim

Lord Jim is the companion novel to Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad. It is the story of an idealistic Englishman who believes that his cowardice while serving as an officer on a merchant ship caused the death of his entire crew. It is later revealed that  but Jim has to decide for himself if he deserves to survive his mistake.

This novel contains examples of:

 * Mysterious Past: Jim moves to the island of Patusan where his past can remain anonymous.
 * Pink Elephants
 * Survivor Guilt: INTENSELY played throughout the novel, even when it turns out that.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Jim in the beginning.