Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi." Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that she could not read, and it terrified her. It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the sentiments that she had been prepared for. He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face. In this excerpt, Jim's character is developed

In this excerpt, Jim's character is developed:

This refers to the different people who are in a play and their different roles which helps advance the plot of a story.

With this in mind and from the given excerpt, we can see that Jim's character is described indirectly through his lack of action as he is shown to be expressionless.

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Indirectly through his lack of action

Explanation:

In this excerpt from "The Gift of Magi", Jim was described as stopping inside the door and being as immovable as a setter. This was a description of a person not showing any action. His eyes were fixated upon Della, and they were also expressionless. That was the reason why Della found it difficult to read his expression and this made her terrified.

The writer in this excerpt was developing the character of Jim indirectly because no one could really tell what he was up to. He achieved this through Jim's lack of action as demonstrated in the descriptions.

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