Character of protagonist Jim in Conrad's novel 'Lord Jim'

Jim is a twenty-four-year-old British sailor with romantic aspirations, Jim is neat, often wears white, has blue eyes, and is generally popular. He is a part of the notorious Patna crew, and he spends the days after the official Inquiry trying to find a place where no one will know of the incident, and where he can begin again. Starting anew as a water-clerk, he leaps at the chance to achieve his heroic dreams in Patusan, but comes to a tragic end.