He believes that his taxes pay for the prisons and workhouses, so he doesn’t feel the needs to donate anything to charity. He suggests that if they would rather die, “they had better do it”, and “decrease the surplus population”. Scrooge’s views lead him to exploit people like Bob Cratchit.
What did Scrooge tell the man who asks him for money?
“I wish to be left alone,” said Scrooge. “Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don’t make merry myself at Christmas and I can’t afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned: they cost enough: and those who are badly off must go there.”
Who says Merry Christmas one and all?
And so, as Tiny Tim said, “A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!”
Why does Scrooge save his money?
Greed 1: Scrooge, although he is wealthy, is such a miser that he won’t even allow his clerk to have enough coal to keep him warm. He insists on saving money by burning only enough coal to keep a small flame glowing whether the heat that it puts out is sufficient to keep the clerk warm.
How much money did Ebenezer Scrooge have?
Ebenezer Scrooge gave the bulk of his $1.7 billion fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
How did Scrooge respond to the gentlemen collecting money?
How did Scrooge respond the gentlemen collecting money for the poor? He told them he already supports the prisons and workhouses for the poor.
How does Scrooge react when people request money for the poor?
Though the gentlemen in the extract are very polite to Mr Scrooge, he does not give them the same kindness back, as when the gentlemen asked Scrooge how much money he should be put down for, Scrooge replied “Nothing!” abruptly.
What quote from the beginning shows that Scrooge is obsessed with money?
“What Idol has replaced you?” “A golden one” Scrooge replaces love with money and becomes obsessed.
What does ghost of Christmas present say to Scrooge?
Ghost of Christmas Present : I see an empty place at this table. I see a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child will die. Ebenezer Scrooge : No. Say he’ll be spared.
What was the weather like when Scrooge was outside?
“A Christmas Carol”, p.91 External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens (1858). “A Christmas Carol”, p.3 Christmas a humbug, uncle!”
What does Charles Dickens say about money in A Christmas Carol?
Charles Dickens (1858). “A Christmas Carol”, p.5 You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are! Within one’s own family, money is not the measure of things, unless the person is an absolute Scrooge.
What was the chain that Scrooge wore?
“The chain he drew was clasped about his middle. It was long, and wound about him like a tail; and it was made (for Scrooge observed it closely) of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel…. ‘I wear the chain I forged in life,’ replied the Ghost.
