Jim takes the advice of Jewel and does not take active command of the army. While Jim is looking over a map, he receives word from Doramin that he agrees, and will allow Brown to pass and leave unharmed. Unable to find Tamb'Itam he decides to go and tell Dain Waris of the news. But, in his quick exit he forgets the silver ring in his tent. When he arrives at Dain's camp he is tells him to allow Brown to pass by unharmed. Dain relieves his men, all except three of them. Those three are positioned in trees so that Dain and Jim can be notified of Brown's arrival. Jim quickly decides to have all weapons hidden and put away.

Marlow is an interesting character in the book. He is the narrator of the whole story. Like Jim, He can not escape his past mistake from the Pitna (first sailing assignment). Marlow cannot escape meeting people who have something to do with Jim. Marlow first sees Jim at a trial for Jim and his shipmates. He is interested in Jim and his story. Marlow has pity on Jim and tries to help him jump back from his bad luck with the Pitna. Marlow does not get all of his information directly from observing Jim, but rather from word of mouth, and from people who have been involved with Jim, and his circumstances.

Dain Waris is Jim's best friend and second in command in Patusan. Also he is the son of Doramin, chief of the Bugis. He leads the initial attack on Gentlemen Brown when he (Brown) firsts arrives on the island. He fails in his attempt to get Mr. Brown to leave the island. Later on while he and his men are waiting for Brown to pass by to make sure that they leave the island. He is attacked from behind by Brown and is shot in the forehead and killed. Jim goes to Doramin to offer himself as a sacrifice, because of Dain's death.

There are many possible themes in the book Lord Jim. The most present theme is Jim's stuggle against himself and the choices he has made. He dreams and longs to be known as a hero, but the time he spends dreaming he loses the opportunity to make his dreams come true. For example, while on the Patna, he misses his opportunity to make the right choice of staying on the ship and saving the Pilgrim's lives. His failure in doing so follows him wherever he goes. He fears anyone that knows of his failure and so, while at any job whenever someone comes into port that knows of his dark past he immediately quits and leaves so that he does not have to face reality. Instead of confronting and facing up to his mistake, he runs and contemplates over it, which only makes matters worse. When he thinks about the past, the future is not in perspective, and the correct choices that need to be made to provide a better future are pushed aside and not paid attention to. This theme ends up killing Jim at the

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Approximate Word count = 1859
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)