Ebenezer Scrooge Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens' story A Christmas Carol. His name has come into the English language as a byword for miserly and misanthropic, traits displayed by Scrooge in the exaggerated manner for which Dickens is well-known. Scrooge has only resentment for the poor, thinking many would be better off dead, decreasing the "surplus population", and praise for the Victorian workhouses. He has a particular distaste for the merriment of Christmas, his single act of kindness being that he gives his clerk, Bob Cratchitt, the day off, more as a result of social mores than any true kindness on his part. He sees the practice as akin to having his pocket picked. The story of his transformation by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Past, Present and Future) is a defining tale of the Christmas holiday.While the book has few overtly religious overtones (Christmas is shown more as a time for kindness and charity than worship), many note that the story follows the redemptive model taught by Jesus Christ.
Derivative characters include Scrooge McDuck.
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