The narrator's point of view is that Jim is someone who leads a monotonous, unoccupied, idle life.
Jim can't fit in with society. He is constantly criticized and knows that people gossip about him, which makes him sad, but with a desire to achieve social ascension and stop being someone seen as idle.
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