loneliness and isolation

Question 1

young scrooge

Answer 1

“a lonley boy was reading near a feeble fire”
“a solitary child, neglected by his freinds”

Question 2

rejecting freds offer

Answer 2

“solitary as an oyster”
“its enough for a man to understand his own business and not to interfere with others”
“I mean to give him the same chance every year whether he likes it or not”