a squeezing wretching ... old sinner

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This reinforces to the reader how scrooge has an abundance of parsimonious and undesirable traits that no one wants to interact with.

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Furthermore this may show why he is an outsider to society and simultaneously ostracizes himself due to these characteristics.

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This use of the 7 negative adjectives parallels the 7 deadly sins which shows how Scrooge has become so miserable that he has deviated himself from religion because he wants to be so detached from society utimately defying gods wishes and morals

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Furthermore the use of the verb “sweezing” connotes to struggle and carries a dual symbolism it may emphasise how scrooge struggles to fit into society or it may show that scrooge is oblivious to the struggles of the poor