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- At the start of the novel Scrooge is very negative
- only cares about money
- "squeezing,wrenching,grasping,scraping,clutching, covetous old sinner"
- so miserable and mean he wont give Bob Cratchitt Christmas day off or light a fire because of the cold
- unsympathetic - as shown by the charity donation, he thinks he's done enough by paying his taxes
- Shaped by his past
- Bitter "no wind that blew was bitterer than he"
- Cynical "What's christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money
- Isolated 'solitary as an oyster'
- Starts with the reader not liking him.
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- Mrs Cratchitt calls scrooge 'odious,stingy,hard,unfeeling' - she doesnt like him for how he abuses his power and wealth
- Fred says he is 'a comical old fellow' and 'not so pleasant'. Fred still tries to involve Scrooge in the spirit of Christmas although he never does
- A businessman calls scrooge 'old scratch' - a contextual nickname for the devil
- A couple calls scrooge 'merciless' because they owe him money yet cannot pay
- Scrooge is forced to listen to other people saying these things about him as to begin with, he was selfish and acted as if he didnt care
- Later in the novel, he sees tiny tim's situation and feels 'an interest he has never felt before' which shows that Scrooge cares, although he didnt think he did and is 'overcome with penitence and grief'.
- As scrooge's personal attitude changes, as does other peoples' attitudes towards him
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- He begins the novel as selfish, not wanting to aid the poor
- One main theme in A Christmas Carol is redemption, scrooges past suggests that people arent born bad, and even the most miserable has good inside them
- Scrooges character changes completely after the Ghosts, he laughs at himself being 'merry as a schoolboy'
- Scrooge becomes Charitable - buys turkey for cratchits and makes large charity donation
- Scrooge "knew how to keep christmas well"
- The spirits teach scrooge to value family and companionship.
- Scrooge becomes generous "i'll raise your salary'
- Scrooge "regarded everyone with a delighted smile"
- Scrooge also becomes sociable"wonderful party, wonderful games, wondeful unanimity"
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- The ghost of christmas past shows us the reason scrooge is how he is
- Scrooge is shown as a lonely boy in school. He was left alone because his father didn't want him home for christmas
- Scrooge has a close relationship with his sister who died - might be why Scrooge distances himself from fred (reminder)
- Scrooge is distressed by the image of Belle leaving him. The reader feels sympathy for scrooge when he pleads to be shown 'no more' ina distressed voice.
- The ghost pf christmas present shows scrooge being talked about in dismay by his family and friends due to his ways aswell as tiny tim being very ill
- The ghost of christmas future shows scrooge's gravestone, and his fate if he continues to act in the way he currently is
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