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We can see Scrooge’s isolation embodied in the descriptive quote “Secret and self-contained and solitary as an oyster”. This quote tells us that Scrooge is locked away and kept from others, guarded by society and the relationships he could form. The use of sibilance creates a sinister, harsh sound to reflect his unfriendliness while being used alongside a triple where all three words connote this idea as well as distance, emphasising that it is Scrooge’s choice to live this way. This simile suggests he is shut up and tightly closed,<a data-href=/writing/document/2EB4E05A2E961BA2 class="document__middle white-space--normal source-serif text-l" rel="nofollow" style="cursor:pointer;white-space: normal;"> <i>…show more content…</i> </a></p></span><span class="document__preview text-l source-serif "><p class='text-ellipsis-after'>The reader is taken to see Scrooge in his schoolboy days with the Ghost of Christmas Past as Scrooge witnesses “A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still”. Through this, the reader is shown that since his childhood, Scrooge was ‘neglected’ and ‘solitary’. Dickens gives the reader a hint about why Scrooge has ended up as a solitary old man with no friends - this is how he grew up, without support or love from most people (except for his sister, Fan, who transferred the love for Scrooge onto her only child, Fred). The verb ‘neglected’ shows his isolation and how his experience at boarding school has made him feel unwanted and unloved, also implying that he was rejected by society. Dickens uses sympathetic imagery in order to make the reader feel remorseful for Scrooge. This quote links directly to Stave 1 where he is described as ‘solitary as an oyster’, highlighting how alienation has affected him as an adult. This clearly had a big impact on him as he ‘sobbed’ and ‘wept to see his poor forgotten self as he used to be’, these actions being the first sign of Scrooge’s emotions other than greed and anger. Scrooge weeps for his younger self, which is an indication that he too will weep for his future self, as they have loneliness in common. Past, present and future Scrooge all have the key characteristic of being a lonely person running through them, posing the question of: Has Scrooge ever really overcome loneliness?. The use of child imagery is used by Dickens as he wanted his readers to remember the fragility and vulnerability of a child, humanising the inhumanity of cold Scrooge. What Scrooge suffered is a reflection of the suffering of children at the time: loneliness, abandonment and neglect. Us now pitying Scrooge allows for the opportunity for Dickens’ Victorian readers to recognise aspects of Scrooge within themselves, and forgive themselves on the path to redemption. 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For instance “no-body ever stopped to say, how are you” and “when they saw him coming on would tug their owners into doorways and up courts and then would wag their tails as if they said no eye at all is better than an evil eye.” We get the belief that people would ignore him and try to brush him aside when he was walking past them and give no notice about him. Dickens slips in a moral message in the story to develop the readers spiritually. 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He has silver, gray hair, a pointed nose, and wiry chin. He acts like a harsh, miserable, lonely, gloomy, and depressed fellow. He also was very unfriendly to those young fellows who were trying to gather donations for the poor. When Scrooge was younger, he was actually kind and generous to the people around him. Scrooge is very inconsiderate of others, all he wants is money, money, money! 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Scrooge’s experience felt fancied. On page one of the first passage it says “ Scrooge is the grumpiest grump that ever walked on planet earth.” In the text, it said “ Scrooge makes him leave (his nephew) but not before he insults his marriage because it is based on love.”I know that is a very excellent reason to back up that he is a very mean and rude man. Another example from the text says “ A couple of guys came up asking for donations for the poor, Scrooge tells them to stuff it.” Another fine example of how much he hates Christmas is “Scrooge says it is the one time of year when the clerk is allowed to rob him.” It also says, “ If someone comes by to carol Scrooge almost hits him in the head with a ruler. “ I could drive on but that would be boring…</p></div><div class="columns large-1-5 position-relative show-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><ul><li>831 Words</li><li>4 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns large-2 show-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="small-12 medium-12 large-1-5 position-relative card-grade-essay-button-col"><a class="button text-m " href="/essay/A-Christmas-Carol-Character-Analysis-FSRSSSUBRQR">Read More</a></div></div></li></ul></section></div></div><div class="row columns"></div><script 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