Ebenezer Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge

Frugal and not generous.
1. "Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it."
2. "What has he done with his money"
Key hooks
1. Frugal
  1. Gives Bob very low wages, resulting in poor living conditions for his family
2. Sympathy
  1. Fred and others mock him at party
  2. Scrooge is mortified to see his effects on Bob's family, particularly Tiny Tim
3. Miserable
  1. Described as an 'oyster'. Has a cold hard outer shell but throughout the novels opens to reveal happiness.
  2. Refuses to partake in Christmas and rejects invitations from Fred and requests for a day off for Bob
4. Change
  1. Corrects his wrong-doings from stave 1 in stave 5 in order. Repetition of events with contrasting reactions & outcomes for effect/juxtaposition
  2. Gives Bob the day off and a salary raise on Christmas day
Miserable
1. "No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him."
2. "To edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its distance, was what the knowing ones call nuts to scrooge."
Change/sympathy
1. "I will live in the Past, the Present and the Future!"
2. "Not a farthing less. A great many back- payments are included in it, I assure you."
3. "Am I that man who lay upon the bed?"
4. "There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should have liked to have given him something: that's all"

Resource summary

	Created by Will8324 almost 10 years ago