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Fezziwig
Scrooge walks into a room and sees his good old friend Fezziwig. They are both very excited to see each other. "Yo ho, there! Ebenezer! Dick!"
Scrooge's former self, now grown a young man, came briskly in, accompanied by his fellow-'prentice. (Dickens 34) This is indirect characterization because it tells us that they were happy to see each other! Speech and Looks -
Scrooge meets Marley
Marley tells Scrooge to be good or else something bad would happen. "I am here tonight to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. A chance and hope of my procuring, Ebenezer." (Dickens 24) This is direct characterization because it tells us that Marley is after him in a bad way. Effects of others -
Scrooge was once happy and open to people
Scrooge was talking to the Ghost of Christmas Past and she was talking about how good he was in the past. Scrooge was not all that bad when he was younger. "I am. That which promised happiness when we were one in heart, is fraught with misery now that we are two." (Dickens 38) This quote is indirect because it shows us that Scrooge was a good person when he was only a boy and that he has changed! Speech -
Scrooge asks the spirit to help him change
The Ghost of Christmas Future is the one Scrooge feared the most. He asks him how he can be better and he wants to be nicer. "Ghost of Christmas Future!" he exclaimed, "I fear you more than any Spectre I have seen. But, as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live a better man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a kind heart. Will you not speak to me?" (Dickens 62) Direct because it says that he wants to be a better man than he was. Speech -
Scrooge helped out Bob Cratchit!
At the end, Scrooge turns over into this very nice guy. Through it all, he finally wants to help out Bob. Scrooge gave Bob the prize turkey and he raised his salary and gave him warmth at work. "I'll raise your salary, and endeavor to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon, over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop, Bob! (Dickens 80) This is indirect because it leads us to Scrooge trying to be nice by helping out Bob Cratchit! Effects on others -
Scrooge starts to turn nice and is very kind to a little boy
Scrooge comes back from being with all three Spirits. He runs into a little boy and asks what day it is. The little boy replied back and said it was Christmas Day. Scrooge does something very nice and with a kind heart to the little boy. "Go and buy it, and tell 'em to bring it here, that I may give them the direction to take it. Come back with the man, and I'll give you a shilling." (Dickens 77)
This is indirect because it shows how Scrooge was trying to be very nice to the little boy.Effects -
Scrooge in the past, present, and the future!
When Scrooge woke up from his many crazy journeys, he said that all three Spirits would be with him and that he will live in the past, present, and the future. "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future! The Spirits all three shall strive within me. O, Jacob Marley! Heaven and the Christmas Time be praised for this!" (Dickens 75) This is a direct quote because it is telling you straight that all three Spirits will be with him in the Past, present, and the future! Actions -
Scrooge on the street
No one would stop on the street and talk to Scrooge. "Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, 'My dear Scrooge, how are you? when will you come see me?'"...(Dickens 12) This is direct characterization because it is telling us that no one stopped on the strre to say anything to Scrooge and that no one treally cared. -
Mrs. Cratchit "telling" Scrooge how he can change
Mrs. Chatch, Bob's wife, was talking about how Scrooge was an awful man. While Scrooge was with the Spirit watching the family eat, Scrooge asks the Spirit if Tiny Tim survives. The Spirit will not tell him and Scrooge suddenly feels this sadness come to him. "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) This is indirect characterization because it leads to Mrs. Cratchit talking about Scrooge and how he was a bad man. Effects on oth -
Scrooge sees his grave
Scrooge was told by the Ghost of Christmas future to go a certain way. The very last place they visit, they end up in a graveyard. Scrooge asks the Spirit who the grave is for then the Spirit points to Scrooge. Scrooge's name was printed on an empty grave. "Am I that man who lay upon the bed?" The finger pointed from the grave to him. "No, Spirit! Oh no, no!" The finger still was there. (Dickens 72) This is direct because it shows Scrooge's name on the empty grave and Scrooge is scared.Action
