Lord Jim: resumo de Chapter 40

O que acontece

1. Brown uses Kassim to obtain food while imagining an alliance with Jim that ends in betrayal and plunder.
2. At Brown’s order, the Yankee shoots a distant inhabitant to frighten the town.
3. Kassim works to divide the Bugis forces, while Doramin holds his followers together amid spreading fear.
4. Si-Lapa shoots a raider fetching tobacco and announces that the Bugis refuse peace or dealings with the invaders.
5. Brown prevents a rescue attempt, and the wounded man’s cries cease when the tide rises.
6. Noise announces Jim’s arrival near dawn, and Cornelius urges Brown to have him shot when he approaches.

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O que observar

Brown explains the purpose of the long-range killing. He treats an inhabitant’s death as a means of controlling a much larger opposing force.

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