A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens

First Impressions of Ebenezer Scrooge

Quotations
‘Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire’ (2)
‘The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his check, stiffened his gait’ (2)
‘A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin’ (3)
‘No warmth could warm, nor wintery weather chill him’ (3)
‘No wind that below was bitter than he’ (3)
‘It was cold, bleak biting weather’ (4)
‘Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller’ (4)

Questions to Consider
1. What do we typically associate with cold weather?
2. What are the connections between cold weather and someone who is described as ‘cold’?

Sentence Stems
A. Dickens makes a connection between the cold weather and the ‘cold within’ Scrooge to show…
B. The ‘bleak biting weather’ doesn’t seem to affect Scrooge and this is important because it reinforces the ideas that he is…
C. After the focus shifts to Scrooge’s office, Dickens reveals that Bob Cratchit’s fire is ‘much smaller’ to develop the idea that…