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scrooge - Coggle Diagram
scrooge
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"solitary as an oyster"
once you open as oyster thres a pearl, the goodness in him
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“I don’t make merry myself at Christmas, and I can’t afford to make idle people merry."
Scrooge explains that he has no desire to help others celebrate Christmas when he doesn’t observe the holiday himself. His insistence that he “can’t afford” to make others happy points up his misplaced priorities. He also believes that the poor have no one to blame but themselves for their poverty.
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"“Why, it’s Ali Baba!” Scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy. “It’s dear old honest Ali Baba!"
Scrooge recalls one of his childhood Christmases when his parents left him at school alone. He rejoices to remember a “visit” from the storybook character Ali Baba. Readers learn that Scrooge lived a lonely childhood but compensated with imagination and fun. Readers might infer that Scrooge developed self-containment by emotional necessity. Here, he pities his former self, and a glimmer of empathy shines through.
"Scrooge had acted like a man out of his wits. His heart and soul were in the scene, and with his former self."
The narrator explains how Scrooge reacts to reliving the Fezziwigs’ Christmas party with the aid of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Mr. Fezziwig apprenticed Scrooge when he was young. Being reminded of that happy experience—possibly long forgotten but now vividly and happily recalled—literally takes Scrooge back to the time before he became reclusive and heartless. The memory reminds him that Christmas once meant to him what it means for many: enjoying people’s company.
"golden idol"
Belle understands that Scrooge desires wealth to protect himself from the poverty he once knew. But he cares only about money, no longer even about her. Not admiring the man he has become, she grants him the freedom to be alone with his one true love, money
“Spirit,” said Scrooge submissively, “conduct me where you will.
Scrooge greets the arrival of the second of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Present. Scrooge recognizes that the Ghost of Christmas Past showed him some memories that have forced him to reflect upon his past, both the things that happened to him and the choices he made. Here, Scrooge asks the Ghost of Christmas Present to help him however he can, a change in attitude since his experience with the Ghost of Christmas Past. Scrooge is starting to change
"Bah humbug"
Scrooge in order to convey his displeasure with something. He is bad tempered, old and ill-tempered person, and this nonsensical phrase is his way of expressing his opinion that something is idiotic or ridiculous.
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"as light as a feather"
showing his joyous side (contrast with, "as hard as sharp as flint,"showing that he has changed
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""are there no prisons?" said the spirit, Scrooge."
Quoting Scrooge. Making him question, reconsider and possibly change his morals
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"“He’s a comical old fellow,” said Scrooge’s nephew, “that’s the truth; and not so pleasant as he might be. However, his offenses carry their own punishment, and I have nothing to say against him"
Scrooge’s nephew talks about his uncle to his wife and friends. Unlike the others, who have “no patience” for the grumpy old man, Fred pities him. He makes the case that Scrooge’s stinginess harms Scrooge almost as much as anyone else. Scrooge could use his resources to make himself and others happy, but since he doesn’t, he misses out on those joys. Fred’s generosity of spirit stands in contrast to Scrooge’s lack of humanity.