Lord Jim: resumen de Chapter 2

Qué sucede

1. Jim becomes chief mate while still young, but routine service leaves his imagined heroism untested.
2. A falling spar injures him during severe weather, and his slow recovery leaves him stranded in an Eastern port.
3. Jim seeks passage home, then becomes attracted to the easy lives of officers working on local ships.
4. He gives up returning home and becomes chief mate of the rusty Patna.
5. About eight hundred pilgrims board, followed by an Arab leader who prays as the vessel departs.
6. The Patna heads toward the Red Sea through oppressive heat, calm water, and repetitive days.

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En qué fijarte

The skipper reduces the pilgrims to animals. His contempt contrasts with the account of their families, hardships, and religious hopes.

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