The document summarizes the main characters in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly businessman who started his career with his former partner Jacob Marley, but has become cold, mean, and friendless. Bob Cratchit works as Scrooge's clerk but struggles in poverty with a large family, including his very ill son Tiny Tim. Fred is Scrooge's nephew who is kind, happy, and sociable in contrast to his uncle. The ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future visit Scrooge and ultimately change him.
3. Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge has a “mini bank” in London.
He started his business with Jacob Marley, but
Marley died on Christmas Eve 7 years before
the beginning of the story. Scrooge is rich, but
cold, mean and miserly. He hasn't got any
friends.
4. Bob Cratchit
He works for Mr. Scrooge, he is his clerk. He is
a very poor man with a large family and a very
ill son: Tiny Tim.
5. Fred
He is Scrooge's nephew: his sister Fan's son.
Fred is the opposite of Scrooge: he is kind,
happy, friendly and interested in people.
