Who Is Ebenezer Scrooge In The Christmas Carol

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Who was Ebenezer Scrooge? He was the main character of “The Christmas Carol”. Scrooge takes the readers through his couple of days of him being haunted by ex-business partner Jacob Marley. Jacob is trying to help Scrooge to be nice, so he won’t end up tied in chains in the afterlife like him.

Ebenezer Scrooge was an old cold-hearted man. He didn’t like anything and loved to save his money even though he is rich. His nose is always bloodshot red. That is because he doesn’t want to spend the money to buy coal for a fire. Scrooge is always dressed up because of his work. He is a Money-lender Business man who wants to work all year long even on holidays.

There were three spirits that helped Scrooge become a better person. They showed him his

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