Compare Dickens’ presentation of Scrooge in Stave I and Stave V Essay e

Compare Dickens’ presentation of Scrooge in Stave I and Stave V Scrooge’s presentation in Stave I and in Stave V is very different. In Stave I Dickens presents Scrooge, as a cold-hearted old man who loves himself and hates Christmas. In contrast, his nephew Fred enjoys Christmas with his wife, and is so nice to Scrooge all the time whereas Scrooge is always mean to Fred, (â€Å"Bah, Humbug†). Dickens uses the weather to describe how cold it gets when Scrooge is near; the point that he is trying to make is that he is so mean that his meanness has infected the atmosphere. It tells us that Scrooge is only worried about himself and his money. After Scrooge talking and hanging around with ghosts he goes back to bed and wakes up to reality, and changes all his mean ways. In Stave I, Dickens emphasizes the negative side of Scrooge. Scrooge is well known around his town and one day two portly gentlemen come over and ask for some money for the poor, who can’t celebrate Christmas but Scrooge says, â€Å"Are there any prisons†? The gentlemen replied, â€Å"Plenty of Prisons†, this just tel...