Dickens to answer the question
The term “Scrooge” is often used as an allusion in
literature. Which statement best describes this
allusion’s meaning?(1 point)
Responses
a person who has a large amount of money
a person who has a large amount of money
a person who is not generous with their resources
a person who is not generous with their resources
a person who behaves unpleasantly toward others
a person who behaves unpleasantly toward others
a person who is not bothered by bad weather or
events
a person who is not bothered by bad weather or events
from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No
‘warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that
blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent
upon its purpose, no petting rain less open to entreaty. Foul
weather didn’t know where to have him. The heaviest rain, and
snow, and hail, and sleet could boast of the advantage over
him in only one respect. They often “came down” handsomely
and Scrooge never did.
The door of Scrooge’s counting-house was open, that he
might keep his eye upon his clerk, who in a dismal little cell
beyond, a sort of tank, was copying letters. Scrooge had a
very small fire, but the clerk's fire was so very much smaller
that it looked like one coal. But he couldn't replenish it, for
Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room; and so surely as
the clerk came in with the shovel, the master predicted that it
would be necessary for them to part. Wherefore the clerk put
on his white comforter, and tried to warm himself at the candle;
in which effort, not being a man of strong imagination, he
failed.
1 answer
The statement that best describes the allusion of "Scrooge" in literature is:
a person who is not generous with their resources.
This meaning aligns with Scrooge's characterization in A Christmas Carol, where he is depicted as a miserly individual who is unwilling to share his wealth or resources, particularly during the Christmas season.
