Scrooge

At the start of the novel scrooge is portrayed very negatively, as someone who only cares about money-he's described as a "squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!"

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="secret and self-contained, and solitary…