Similarities Between Grinch And Scrooge

Scrooge is a mean man because we can see this through the escalation of the story. “Every idiot who goes about with “Merry Christmas” on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through their heart.” This quote shows us the readers, that Scrooge is a mean man, also it shows us how much

The text explicitly states Scrooge, a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, clutching, covetous, old sinner has passed away. According to the text, he despises many things such as happiness, humor, and even Christmas. From the reading, I know that he is depressed all the time, consequently his mental state has led him to call other people stupid, dumb, and idiots. On page three, in the conversation with his nephew Fred, Scrooge insults his nephew about marrying and loving his wife. The text states, that he also “seized the ruler with such energy of action, that the singer fled in terror, leaving the keyhole to the frost and even more congenial frost.” From the reading I know that Scrooge isn’t a people person and is very down about life. Based on the text he doesn’t really like being around them. For example Scrooge didn’t donate any money to the poor, and blew off his nephew about spending Christmas with them. In the text it states that there is no wind as bare as Scrooge, this means he doesn't really care or doesn't have many feelings.

Scrooge’s clerk, Bob Cratchit had a clear view of the vexation clearly shown on Scrooge’s face as he snatched up a ruler with such vigour that the child who had begun to recite a Christmas carol frantically scrambled away. He had been looking through the key-hole of the counting-house. Bob Cratchit felt a small drop of pity for the youth but many a child had been warned of Scrooge’s frosty temper particularly upon Christmas Eve.

This first stave of the book discusses about the hatred that Scrooge has for Christmas and everyone. Some evidence that Scrooge had a hatred for Christmas is on page 6. He says, “What’s the point of being merry,” and “ Christmas time is a time for paying bills without money.” Another quote from Scrooge is, “every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.” On page 11, there is another quote of hatred from Scrooge saying, “If they would rather die, they have better do it.” These were a few of the many quotes, in A Christmas Carol.

Throughout “A Christmas Carol” Scrooge was a really mean, hateful, selfish mister, I felt like he would never change, he was a man you wouldn’t want to hang out with. Scrooge became, to me the worse guy and the most selfish. Then, Scrooge went from being a hateful mister to a genuinely good person. He, was visited by The Ghosts Of Christmas Past, then Present, and lastly by Future. The Ghost Of Christmas Past visited Scrooge.

Dickens indirectly characterizes Scrooge in many ways in A Christmas Carol. He does this by showing how greedy,hateful, and cold hearted scrooge is. The first way he characterizes Scrooge is by showing how cold hearted he is. In A Christmas Carol dicken describes how scrooge's heart has froze. Dicken states “The cold within him froze”(621). Scrooge's heart cold he is to everyone and everything. Scrooge is so cold that his heart has froze.Scrooge is so cold towards everyone and thinks there is no reason to be happy. Making christmas especially not important to Scrooge. Since christmas is a holiday to be happy Scrooge thinks christmas is a waste of time and their is no reason to be marry. This is indirect characterizes towards scrooge because he is cold hearted.

Ebenezer Scrooge, was disrespectful to everyone around him, is miserable now that Marley, his business partner of many years has died. According to the text, Scrooge hates things like happiness, generosity, and Christmas. Oh! How he hates Christmas! His feelings about Christmas are consistent until three ghosts show him that his way of thinking is wrong. On pages one and two, it says “External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather could chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon it’s purpose.” The author was saying nothing can change how he acts towards other people. Scrooge was a person who was always down, gloomy, and moody. For example on page one there is a description of him and it says, “ The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his lips blue and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin.” His wrinkled, aged, rough appearance reflects his inner feelings. According to the text, “Scrooge carried his own low temperature everywhere he went.” Scrooge’s demeanor was always low.

Scrooge is evil, rotten, and greedy. His deceased friend, Marley noticed this and sent him the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. They make Scrooge relive his saddest moments, like seeing his sister again before she died, and losing the woman that he loved, that might have a part in why he is, like he is, now. They also show him the stuff around him, like his employee’s son, Tiny Tim, being sick and saying that he is not going to make it. Then to top it off, future shows him his grave and some weird lady insulting him after he is died.

. . Scrooge doesn't want to spend an extra cent even on heating, another circumstance I read from the text is his nephew bursts in and says, “La-la-la, Merry Christmas!” Scrooge says, “Bah! Humbug!” The over the hill Penny Pincher doesn't want to manufacture a killing and get up and go to a Christmas dinner with his nephew; his afterthought is sorrowful, he doesn’t think that Christmas is a requirement. Scrooge doesn't know what the point of Christmas is, the point of Christmas is to celebrate Jesus’ birthday, he also is unquestionable disrespectful because he calls everyone else an idiot and jerk for not being depressed, Scrooge thinks others have to fill down and depressed because he is. Scrooge thinks he has no choice to manage other people around him for the reason that, they don't do or say what he is

Scrooge is in a depressed state of mind, scrooge is the man that would shoo off trick or treaters and ward off christmas carolers

Scrooge is a man with set goals of spending no money on anyone or anything. He is a grouchy old man that nobody likes besides his nephew.

The story “A Christmas Carol” is the story of a man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who despises Christmas and everything it stands for. The story has various cause and effect scenarios in which Scrooge eventually sees the error of his ways and comes to terms with the fact that whatever made him hate Christmas to begin with is not worth hating now. Scrooge was a very cruel man throughout a majority of the story, but as the story went on, things began to change. For starters, his reason for not liking the Christmas season was due to the fact that his friend/business partner, Jacob Marley, had died on that day seven years prior, amongst other things.

Based on what I read Scrooge is a grumpy person that is commanding and doesn't feel for anyone. Dickens doesn't like this and says it is a big no-no is his world. Scrooge spends money on only what he needs to get by. He doesn't get why Christmas is such a big deal. In fact, he hates the Christmas cheer and expresses his feelings. He despises poor people and say that they should go to jail. He does not have any joy, but he’s not depressed. Scrooge almost wants to damage people's day and does it often. The text says he is a hard worker as it states “he was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!” He can also really stand the elements, the cold., the hot, the rain, the snow, the… anything. Not only can he withstand the elements, but based on the information from the text I inferred that he is the elements, resilient and unforgiving. Even though he is freaked out from before he still checks out a dark, gloomy building, showing he is brave. But Scrooge is dead.

“No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.” (Dickens 15) In the book he is this bitter cold hearted character, who could not be changed… even by family. Scrooge treats people with no respect and hospitality. It is the middle of winter but he is too stingy to turn the heat on in his shop. When his family invites him over for an annual Christmas dinner he is quick to decline and does not go. Scrooge avoids people that try to love him. Another characteristic is that he is never happy. In the book scrooge is this cold-hearted person who never appreciates anything and is never happy until he sees his fate.

This text states that Scrooge was extremely greedy; an example of his greediness would be when the people that were asking for donations visited, he straight up told them he didn’t believe in charity for the sake of the government supplied help to those in need. From the reading, I know that Scrooge was impolite as when he insulted his nephew’s wife and their marriage for it involved love. This article explicitly states him as being a cold-hearted, uncaring, and selfish person when he gave Christmas day off to his employee, and thereupon he says it is the only day of the year his employee can rob him.