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Childhood
"...that there he was, alone again, when all the other boys had gone home for the jolly holiday." (Dickens 33). Scrooge was all alone at school with no friends. Whenever everyone else was celebrating the holidays. D -
Fezziwig's Party
"They charged into the street with the shutters" (Dickens 34,35). Scrooge had a great boss and a great role model. So why did he turn out so bad? ID/A -
Engagement
. "...you who, in your very confidence with her, weigh everything by Gain:...She left him; and they parted."(Dickens 38). Scrooge was engaged with a girl but she left him because he cared more about money and business then her. ID/E -
Fred's Party
"...he was thinking of an animal," "'...It's your Uncle Scro-o-o-o-oge!'" (Dickens 58). Everyone thought of him as a mean old man and an animal that didn't care about anyone. ID/T -
Mean Scrooge
"'I wish to be left alone,' said Scrooge." (Dickens 16). Scrooge was so mean to everyone and he just wanted to be left alone. D. -
Cratchit Supper
''The Founder of the Feast indeed!' cried Mrs. Cratchit, reddening. 'I wish I had him here. I'd give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and I hope he'd have a good appetite for it.'" (Dickens 52). Martha is saying these things because even though Scrooge gave them money he was still mean to everyone around him. ID/E -
Christmas Day
"'...An intelligent boy!' said Scrooge. 'A remarkable boy! Do you know whether they've sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there? No the little prize Turkey: the big one?'"(Dickens 76). Scrooge changed greatly from the beginning of the book to the end. He now cares about people and he wants to live the rest of his life with the Christmas Spirit. ID/S -
Day After Christmas
"'And therefore I am about to raise your salary!'" (Dickens 80). Scrooge changed his heart and he started to treat people like actually people and not like dirt. So he gave Bob Cratchit a raise. ID/S -
Tiny Tim
"'I see a vacant seat,' replied the Ghost, 'in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die. 'No, no,' said Scrooge. 'Oh, no, Kind Spirit! say he will be spared'" (Dickens 52). Tiny Tim changed his heart and it gets personal for Scrooge. ID/S -
Tombstone
"EBENEZER SCROOGE. 'Am I that man who lay upon the bed?' he cried upon his knees." (Dickens 72). After Scrooge saw his tombstone he promised to honor Christmas in his heart and that he will keep it all year. ID/L
