empieofthesun

             As Jim begins his stay at Lunghua Camp he begins to learn the most important skill required for his survival that is that loyalty is to oneself alone. Believing this Jim puts himself in front of others and also in front of the relationships he has formed at the camp.
             Because of this loyalty to ones self-Jim constantly keeps himself occupied to help his survival. For example he does odd chores for Bassie in return for food.--- It was important to keep in with Bassie who had small but reliable sources of food.---
             He also helps Dr.Ransome with the garden at the hospital again with the reward being extra food and even does chores for the Americans.
             This constant activity and work for Jim not only helps with his personal survival but helps him to deal with the horrors of the camp around him. It keeps him in a fit mental and emotional state unlike most of the other prisoners.
             Jim does not shut out the reality of the camp like the other prisoners but is prepared to take notice and to adjust himself to it. For example Jim takes notice of the Chinese that always sat outside the camp but were never fed our aloud in.---Worringly for Jim they stayed until they died.-
             When Jim steals an extra potato from himself we begin to see that he is putting himself infront of others. But he is not the only one. This idea of self preservation is held by mostly all of the prisoners at the camp. We see this attitude in the Vincents. Even when Jim had neamoniea Mrs. Vincent still would not care for him and they virtually deny Jim existence within their lives.---in never occurred to them, nor to Jim, that they should bring his plate with them.
             But Jim is intrigued and excited by Mrs. Vincent, Although she is uncompassionate towards him Jim is sexually aroused by her. With this curiosity and endless amounts of energy Jim is able to keep in high spirits. Add to this the hope he still has of finding his parents and we see that Jim easily adapts
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