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Scrooge In A Christmas Carol

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The way Scrooge acts in the story says a lot about him, but so does the description about him in the sixth paragraph. The passage clearly states that Scrooge is “a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone” and is “hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel struck out a generous fire.” Furthermore, the passage continues to show more detail by saying that he’s “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner” and “solitary as an oyster.” All of this shows a generous amount of greediness and coldheartedness. The text even says “the cold within him froze his features,” which proves the point that he is not a very happy camper. The story continues and compares him to weather and how it can be beautiful, while Scrooge cannot be. As it continues, we discover that Scrooge hates Christmas and everything related to it (including carolers, donors, etc.) …show more content…

The spirit takes him on a trip down Memory Lane to remember a few moments in Scrooge’s past when he appreciated a few gestures other people did for him or with him. He realizes that, after seeing himself reading in a room with objects he remembers, he says, “‘There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something.’” Then, after seeing himself when he was an apprentice and watching how well his boss treated him, he explicitly states in the text, “‘I would like to say a word or two to my clerk right now.’” This shows a change in Scrooge. Back in the First Stave, he gets mad at his clerk for wanting to take Christmas off, but now he’d like to go back and speak to him. Maybe to

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