The true description of Scrooge first appears about quarter way through the book, before then there are only a few minor references to his character. The description begins metaphorically as it features the words ?A tight-fisted hand at the grindstone? Its metaphorical because it is trying to portray that Scrooge is literally as tight as the hand to the grindstone. Then soon after this seven adjectives follow, ?Squeezing, Wrenching, Grasping, Scraping, Clutching, Covetous, Old sinner? They are used effectively as each one has an individual meaning describing seven trates of Scrooges character, which begins to give the reader a visual picture of how the character may conduct himself. So far all qualities of Scrooge have been negative and so it continues. Then the writer brings in the object “flint?and states all the negative quality’s of flint then compares them to Scrooge.
As soon as the writer gets across the way in which Scroog
Then it describes how beggars never use to “implore?him for money. This also is a very powerful image as a beggar is always out for every penny he can collect even if he knows he is unlikely to receive any money he always attempts. For a beggar not to approach anyone would be strange, but that means that Scrooge is so predictable and mean that they never try as they already know the answer. No stranger ever asked Scrooge the time as, although they did not know him, it was as if they knew he would not help. Then the passage gives a final visualisation stating that Scrooge even has an effect on a blind man’s dog. He is so well recognised by everyone including strangers that everyone knows him. He was continually avoided because of the way he went about things but without even saying a thing his embrace gripped strangers so much they would completely avoid him.
Scrooge is a very powerful character as whenever Charles Dickens attempt
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