FRED

• ”A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!”

  • optimistic and jovial attitude is shown through his abundance of exclamative sentences
  • comma before “uncle” creates a pause showing sincerity towards Scrooge as he emphasises their familial bond
  • contrasts his misanthropic uncle who calls people who are festive an “idiot” and belligerently suggests they should be “buried with a stake of holly though his heart“
• “twisting his face into the most extravagant contortions”

  • Freds elation is described hyperbolically and his energy is infectious
  • metaphor emphasises that he’s a foul to Scrooge who is “squeezing” “wrenching”
• “all in glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled“

  • “glow” and “sparkled” demonstrate motif of light
  • light symbolises hope and enlightenment throughout the novella, this could show how Fred provides hope for Scrooges redemption