Ebienizer Scrooge Character Analysis

The characters George Bailey from It’s a Wonderful Life and Ebienizer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol seem like very diiferent character Ebienizer Scrooge is a wealthy old man who is described by the narrator as tight-fisted and covetous. His interests appear to solely revolve around business and money. In his opinion anything else is a waste of time. George Bailey is a young man who got stuck with a life he never wanted. He barely gets along financially with both the Building and Loan and his own family. George had always wanted to leave Bedford Falls. His dream was to travel the world and become an architect.

How others view these two characters is very different. Scrooge has a bad reputation with the people around him. When the narrator tells the reader, “ Even the blind men’s dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts,” this is an example of how much others dislike Scrooge. Scrooge cares little for other people. In his own words he said, “I can’t afford to make idle people happy.” George is a hero to many of the people in Bedford Falls. He always puts the needs of others before his own, even if it causes harm to himself. When everyone is praying for George they display how much he really means to them. Mr. Gower prayed, “I owe everything to George Bailey.” Even when on the brink of committing suicide, he jumps into the river to save Clarence. Very much unlike Scrooge, he is very

When Scrooge is visited by spirits they show him the past, present, and future all negatively affected by him. Similar George is visit by Clarence who grants George’s wish and shows him a world where he had never been born. Clarence tells George, “Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t