Scrooge's counting house

• The counting house symbolizes the core of Scrooge's greed and miserliness
• It is described as a cold and sterile environment, reflecting Scrooge's lack of compassion and connection to the community
• The setting emphasizes the dehumanizing impact of wealth accumulation and the isolation that comes with it
• "Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!"