Ebenezer Scrooge In A Christmas Carol

The characters included in this story are Ebenezer Scrooge, Fred, Fan, Bob Cratchit, and Mr. Fezziwig. Scrooge is an old man who despises Christmas a lot. He is also stingy, does not want to donate his wealth to those who are in need, saying the death of the poor means the decrease of the surplus population. It is stated in the page 14 when he says “If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”. He even underpaid his most loyal clerk, Bob Cratchit, which caused Bob’s youngest son, Tiny Tim, to not get proper treatment for his sickness because the Cratchit’s family did not have enough money. Later on, after the visits of the three Spirits, Scrooge’s character has been developed. He changed his ways to

Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home’s like heaven! He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed, that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home; and he said Yes, you should; and sent me in a coach to bring you. And you’re a man!” and “You fear the world too much,” stated on pages 42 and 51, to Scrooge, indicating that she is a supportive sister of Scrooge. Bob Cratchit is a loyal clerk to Scrooge. He obeys every Scrooge’s order, even if Scrooge mistreated him, he does not show any hatred towards Scrooge, stated in the page 75 when he said “Mr. Scrooge! I am a scrooge! I’ll give you Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast”. He is also a cheerful character, even in the hard times, he still enjoys and offers gratitude for his family’s simple Christmas dinner, stated on page 73 when Bob says “A merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us. Old Fezziwig was the mentor of Scrooge. He is kind to all people. The opposite of Scrooge, he treats his workers nicely, even inviting them to celebrate Christmas together with his family. His kindness is stated on page 45 when he says “Yo ho, my boys! No more work tonight, he said. Christmas Eve, Dick. Christmas,

Other proofs that can be used to prove that this story is set in the Victorian era as there are clerks and poor people mentioned in the story. The Victorian era was an era where many clerks, present, worked as accountants for their business owners. Scrooge himself is a business owner, judging from the counting-house he has to count his profit and administer all of his business matters and Bob Cratchit does this work for him. Also, the Victorian era was an era where the social gaps between those who are rich and poor were clearly in contrast. Many rich in that era have decent privilege. They can have a party like Fezziwig does or handle business like Scrooge does and have a decent dinner like turkey, whereas the poor often are in harsh conditions. They serve as workers and often are underpaid by their employers. The example of poor people is Bob Cratchit, because of his poorness, he cannot give his sick son proper treatment. The place setting of this story is in Great Britain. As this story mentioned London city, which is a city in Great Britain, stated in the quote “It is also a fact that Scrooge had seen it, night and morning, during his whole residence in that place; also that Scrooge had as little of what is called fancy about him as any man in the City of London.” The atmosphere setting of this story is in near-Christmas event. We can see that by looking at