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 all of the men on his ship survived but Jim has to decide for himself if he deserves to survive his mistake.
Tropes used in Lord Jim include:
- 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 none of the people Jim is grieving actually died.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: Jim in the beginning.