Hello. You did not submit the excerpt to which this question refers, which makes it impossible for it to be answered. However, I will try to help you as best I can.
The only way to answer your question is to read the text it refers to. Within a text, characters are developed from the actions they promote within the situations in which they are inserted. They can also be developed through lack of direct action, but through reasoning, thinking, and observing what to do about something or someone. In that case, to answer that question, you must read the text and be able to identify the action Jim took, or lack of action within a situation. What's important is that the behavior Jim takes in this situation is meaningful both to him and to the story.
