ebeneezer scrooge

• "as solitary as an oyster"
• "as hard and sharp as flint"
• "external heat and cold had little influence on him"
• "are there no prisons? are there no workhouses?"
• “what reason have you to be merry, you're poor enough”
• "decrease the surplus population"
• "Have they no refuge or resource?"
• "neglected grave"
• "I will honour christmas in my heart and keep it there all year"
• I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy - similes
• belle - "another idol has displaced me, a golden one"
• "warning all human sympathy to keep it's distance"
• tight fisted hand at the grindstone