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How Is Scrooge Presented In The Great Gatsby

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In this extract, Dickens presents Scrooge’s character as mean, greedy and rude. The extract initially shows us that Scrooge is an important person, with the evidence being that the gentlemen ‘bowed to him’ and ‘took their hats off.’ It is interesting that these are ‘gentlemen’ but they still feel the need to ‘bow’ to Scrooge, showing how highly regarded he is. We also learn that Scrooge thinks that business is the most important thing in life, thanks to the conversation about ‘Scrooge and Marley’s’ as the name of the business. Scrooge has not changed the business name as he wants to maintain its reputation. This shows how important reputation was in the Victorian era. It also appears that Scrooge is not that upset about Marley’s death,

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