Although it took a tragic event to learn the seas authoritative powers , Jim still admired it. The sea was Jims motivation and his passion. The sea kept him going mentally through tough times by and yet it kept him moving physically from port to port and finally to the small island he would call home. Jim may not have died the way he did with out his love for the sea; this adds to the irony of the story. Without his desire to be around the sea , the tragic event of the Patna would not have involved him, but fate thought otherwise. The event of the Patnas potential fatal sinking changed Jim's' whole life. It caused him to struggle mentally for years on end , always torturing his soul for the cowardly act he committed. It was fate and destiny for Jims character to be tested and in the end it failed. People from that point on looked at Jim different. He felt he was a disgrace to himself and to his family. Not knowing why he choose to jump into the life boat at the last second made Jim second guess himself as a person. He was left with no money, no job, and no future as a sailor. Jim was left on his own. Experiencing betrayal at its peak caused Jim to wonder. Never wanting to go through the pain again and afraid to commit to something with such a great responsibility Jim s soul was forever tormented.Yet, Jim was left eternally empty, without honor and struggling to overcome his own disgrace after the Patna incident. Jim felt such heartache and a great need to redeem his soul that he exiled himself from society. Moving from port to port whenever someone found out his ghastly secret. Ashamed and branded a coward , Jim hid from his problems instead of dealing with them. Jim always felt the need to set right what he did wrong and prove that he was not a coward. When Jim finally found a society that would except him with his grave past , he felt the need to make every thing go smoothly and without problems. Doing ...
