Lord Jim Characters

This Study Guide consists of approximately 85 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Lord Jim.

Lord Jim Characters

This Study Guide consists of approximately 85 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Lord Jim.
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Sherif Ali

Sherif Ali is the corrupt head of one of the factions that opposes Jim and the Bugis Malays. After Jim has been with the Bugis for a while, Jewel alerts him to an attack by Ali's assassins. Jim kills one and sends the other three back to Ali as a message. Later, Jim sends a stronger message when he blows up Ali's mountaintop fort using Doramin's cannons.

Rajah Allang

Rajah Allang is the head of the faction that captures Jim when he first arrives at the island. Up until Jim arrives, Allang tries to maintain a monopoly on trade off the island by using force and intimidation. When Jim escapes Allang to Doramin, one of Allang's rivals, Allang chases him, but Doramin protects him. After Jim's successful destruction of Sherif Ali's fortress, Allang does not give him any more trouble and, in fact, becomes very docile around...

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