Impression Of Scrooge In A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens

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In this extract we are presented with a solitary gentleman named Scrooge. We see that he has an icy and criticising demeanour and his personality warns all human contact to keep its distance. But we also learn he enjoys this wants to keep it that way. This and all the other clues lead us to believe that Scrooge is an outsider, a miser and in general a mean human being that no-one likes or wants to talk to. In the opening paragraph Dickens uses imagery to create a vivid impression of Scrooge. He is described as ‘a tight fisted hand at the grind-stone’, and this metaphor suggests that he is hard working and very focused on his work, we see this in the ‘…hand at the grind-stone…’ quote. Also though ‘tight fisted…’ show us that Scrooge isn’t willing to give or spend much money and shows he is miserly. We are also told that he is ‘hard and sharp as flint’ and this simile adds to the previous image by showing us that he is obviously very serious about things and doesn’t care what repercussions his actions cause for other people, thus reinforcing his image of miserly and taken up by his work.
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This phrase shows that scrooge is a heartless person because there is a cold within him, which is usually shown in inhuman creatures or cold blooded creatures, such as lizards and snakes. Another phrase Dickens uses is ‘he iced his office in the dog… thaw it one degree at Christmas’ This metaphor makes us feel that scrooge is so cold he literally causes frost to form in his office on thaw bad days. But then Dickens backs this up by saying that he didn’t heat up a single degree during a festive time showing he is always like this. It is made worse by using the example of Christmas when everybody is happy and loving he is