isolation

• solitary as an oyster (sibilance)
• will you let me in fred? - scrooge
• a solitary child neglected by his friends
• scrooge "sobbed" and " wept to see his poor forgotten self as he used to be "
• external heat and cold had little influence on him
• it is enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people
• no wind blew that was bitterer than he
• yello meagre scowling wolfish