1. Character Analysis of Scrooge
Pages of Booklet
Trait/Symbol
Cover page
Stave 1
Aloof= cat
Stave 2
Isolated
Stave 3
________
Stave 4
Stave 5
Theme/Conclusion
Each of the five traits must also be linked with a symbolic object.

2. Stave 1 paragraph- Drama
Adjective: Aloof
Symbol: cat, oil put in water, (google images)
Textual evidence #1: “…solitary as an oyster” (3).
Textual evidence #2: “ ‘I’d rather see myself dead than see myself with your family!” (6).
Textual evidence #3: “It’s not my business. It’s enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people’s. Mine occupies me constantly” (8).

3. Stave 2 paragraph- Drama
Adjective: regretful
Symbol: backwards arrow
Textual evidence #1: “No, no. I Should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now.”
Textual evidence #2:
Textual evidence #3

4. Stave 2 paragraph- Drama
Adjective: emotional
Symbol: tear
Textual evidence #1: “upon my cheek? Nothing.. A blemish on the skin.”
Textual evidence #2:
Textual evidence #3

5. Pd. 5 stave 2 sample
In stave 2 of A Christmas Carol, when Scrooge is show scenes from his youth by the ghost of Christmas past, he is emotional. Scrooge’s emotionality can be represented by the symbol of a teardrop because in this stave Scrooge is brought to tears in both sadness and joy; he is incredibly emotional throughout. When Scrooge sees the area where he grew up and notices all that was once familiar to him he is flooded with happy thoughts and emotions. When the ghost questions him, he brushes off his emotion saying, “upon my cheek? Nothing.. A blemish” (17). Scrooge is trying to hide his feelings, but he really is feeling joy seeing things he was once familiar and comfortable with. -2nd evidence -explain/analyze quote -conclusion/ sum up evidence and claim

6. Joy’s example-pd. 3 stave 2
Later on, when the ghost of Christmas past visits him and takes him to see scenes from his past, Scrooge feels regretful as he watches his former self. Scrooge is like a backwards arrow because he wants to go back in time and change himself and his actions. After witnessing his younger self promising to Dick that he would treat his employees well, just like generous Fezziwig, Scrooge laments, “I should like to be able to say a word to my clerk just now, that’s all” (21). Scrooge starts to realize that the promises made by his former self contrast greatly with the way he has acted as a boss toward his employees. We can can infer that the “word” he is referring to might be, in fact, an apology to his kindly clerk Cratchit. -2nd piece of textual evidence -analysis of textual evidence -conclusion that sums up claim and evidence

7. Riley’s example- pd. 1 stave 2
claim
Scrooge is portrayed as regretful throughout stave 2 of “A Christmas Carol”. A symbol that represents scrooge’s character is a teardrop, because the regret he began to feel as he looked at his past and wish he could do some things differently caused him to be emotional and sometimes to cry. Scrooge sees himself as a young boy alone at Christmastime. After looking at this he considers a caroling boy who he was rude to that evening and says, “there was a boy singing chrismas carols outside my window last night. I should like to have given him something, that’s all.” This shows Scrooge is regretful because being reminded of the pain he felt when he was young makes him wish he was kinder to the young boy. He regrets his coldness. -Introduce context of 2nd piece of textual evidence -2nd direct quote -analysis of 2nd direct quote conclusion
Introduce and explain symbol/connect symbol to trait
Give context/introduce textual evidence
Direct quote from text
Analysis of quote/ relate back to claim

8. Stave 1 paragraph- Novel
Adjective: Aloof
Symbol: cat, oil put in water, (google images)
Textual evidence #1: “…solitary as an oyster” (3).
Textual evidence #2: “No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock, no man or woman ever once inquired the way to such and such and such a place, of Scrooge” (3).
Textual evidence #3: “Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern…It [his house] was old enough now, and dreary enough, for nobody lived in it but Scrooge, the other rooms being let out as offices” (13).

9. Stave 1 paragraph- pd. 1 example
Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as aloof throughout Stave I of “A Christmas Carol,” a novel originally written by Charles Dickens. He is akin to a cat who avoids others and stays hidden in the unoccupied rooms of the house. He prefers to be left alone– shunning any attempts at petting or cuddling. Marley describes Scrooge as “solitary as an oyster” (3). This simile suggests that Scrooge prefers to be alone. Marley explains how Scrooge is seen by others around London: “No beggars implored him, no children asked him what it was oclock” (3). The fact that others who knew him in London would never even try to converse or engage with Scrooge shows that he truly was aloof and distant. e way that Marley describes him as well as the way others in London viewed him shows how distant, unlikeable, and solitary Scrooge really was.

10. Stave 1 Pd. 3 example
Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as aloof throughout Stave I of “A Christmas Carol,” a novel originally written by Charles Dickens. He is akin to a cat who avoids others and stays hidden in the unoccupied rooms of the house. He prefers to be left alone– shunning any attempts at petting or cuddling. Marley describes scrooge as “solitary as an oyster” (3). Marley uses this simile to describe Scrooge because Scrooge never wants to be around others if he can help it. Furthermore, Marley describes Scrooge in relation to those around him: “No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was oclock” (3). This shows that scrooges unfriendly, aloof nature was clear to all those around him, as no one tried to interact with him in the streets. The way in which Marley describes Scrooge, as well as the way those who knew him in London avoided him shows that at the beginning of “A Christmas Carol,” he was aloof and unfriendly.

11. Stave 1 Pd. 5 example
Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as aloof throughout Stave I of “A Christmas Carol,” a novel originally written by Charles Dickens. He is akin to a cat who avoids others and stays hidden in the unoccupied rooms of the house. He prefers to be left alone– shunning any attempts at petting or cuddling. Marley describes Scrooge’s character, calling him “solitary as an oyster” (3). This simile shows that Scrooge does not like to be around others; he is isolated just like an oyster in his shell. Marley describes Scrooge by explaining how those around him viewed him: “no beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock” (3). The fact that children and the poor who knew of Scrooge in London knew not to even bother engaging with him shows that everyone around him knew he was unkind and disinterested in helping others. The simile that Marley uses to describe Scrooge as well as the attitude of others around town toward Scrooge clearly shows that he was aloof, distant, and unfriendly in Stave 1.