A Christmas Carol
How is Scrooge presented in Stave 1?
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7 paragraphs
Quotes
In Stave One, Scrooge is presented as a bully..... a greedy, penny-pincher, who will not spend any money unnecessarily..... or necessarily. He hoards the firewood, is loathe to let Bob take off on Christmas, and refuses any request for charity.
But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grind- stone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
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"At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge," said the gentleman, taking up a pen, "it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and Destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
"Are there no prisons?" asked Scrooge.
A Christmas Carol
How is Scrooge presented in stave one of the christmas carol