# Jim — When God Laughs character guide

> Jim in When God Laughs by Jack London.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-when-god-laughs

## Who they are

A quiet, uneasy partner in a rough Pacific venture, whose flickering eyes betray thoughts he would rather Matt never read.

## In the story

### [Just Meat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_god_laughs_se/chapters/just-meat)

Jim is consumed by greed and paranoia, poisoning Matt's coffee but succumbing to Matt's poison first.

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