Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir. Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE Scrooge is finally shown the meaning of all his visions and is able to see the fate he has waiting for him. One critic described Charles Dickens's famous book as "saturated with exaggerated Christmas fervour" and "larded with soggy and indigestible lumps of sickly sentiment. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dogdays ; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas. To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale.

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His body was transparent ; so that Scrooge, observing him, and looking through his waistcoat, could see the two buttons on his coat behind. People with lots of money already are more likely to be greedy for more, not thinking about sharing that money with others effectively.

Christmas Eve Fezziwig is used a character foil for Scrooge as Dickens compares how they treat their employees. As he threw his head back in the chair, his glance happened to rest upon a bell, a disused bell , that hung in the room, and communicated for some purpose now forgotten with a chamber in the highest story of the building. But the strangest thing about it was, that from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was visible; and which was doubtless the occasion of its using, in its duller moments, a great extinguisher for a cap, which it now held under its arm Scrooge repeatedly tries to place the cap on the head of this spirit however he fails. Even the blindmen's dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then would wag their tails as though they said, "No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master!

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We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. If you were free to-day, to-morrow, yesterday, can even I believe that you would choose a dowerless girl; or, choosing her, do I not know that your repentance and regret would surely follow? The consequences were uproarious beyond belief; but no one seemed to care; on the contrary, the mother and daughter laughed heartily, and enjoyed it very much Scrooge finally has his heart broken as he sees Belle in her happy and comfortable Marriage.

This contrasts Scrooge as he also had a small fire but chose not to be merry and grateful for what he has. The heaviest rain and snow and hail and sleet could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect, -- they often "came down" handsomely, and Scrooge never did.

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All of our resources are made by a team of experienced teachers, designers, and experts, and they align with the national curriculum.Words such as 'not behindhand' show clearly that even though they are not related, they have many things in common and that family is about celebrating these similarities. I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.