Scrooge is described like this at the beginning because he is mean, cruel and lonely.
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"Decrease the surplus population." Stave 1
Scrooge thinks the poor should be left to die so there are more resources.
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"A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner." Stave 1
Scrooge is described like this at the beginning- list of verbs that show he is actively trying to keep his money.
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"Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish." Stave 3
The list of adjectives desrcibe Ignorance and Want-emphasises how repulsive they are. They seem hungry, desperate and unpleasant.
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"I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy." Stave 5
This is how scrooge has changed at the end of the novella. He has become kinder, happier and more generous and uses a list of three similes to emphasise the extent of the change in Scrooge.
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"Show me no more! Conduct me home. Why do you delight to torture me?" Stave 2
Scrooge has just been shown the ghost of christmas past- he has seen how happy he was when he was young, but also when he was rejected by Belle his fiance because he cared more about money.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
"Decrease the surplus population." Stave 1
Back
Scrooge thinks the poor should be left to die so there are more resources.
Card 3
Front
"A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner." Stave 1
Back
Card 4
Front
"Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish." Stave 3
Back
Card 5
Front
"I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy." Stave 5
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