Quotes about money Flashcards
Scrooge only cares about money and he views Christmas as only a time for spending money without gaining any
“What’s Christmas-time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer” (1.6)
Fred states he has experienced good things which have not given him more money
“There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited” (1.6)
Scrooge believes he gives enough money by paying for taxes for prisons and workhouses, and doesn’t want to donate to charity
“I help to support the establishments I have mentioned - they cost enough: and those who are badly off must go there” (1.9)
The chain the ghost of Jacob Marley wears are things all related to money and business, as he was too obsessed with these things in his life
“cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel” (1.16)
Scrooge’s first concern about the rules of time changing is that he might not get the money he is owed
“would have become a mere United States’ security if there were no days to count by” (2.25)
Fezziwig tells his workers to stop working as it is Christmas, showing he is more concerned with celebrations and happiness than just money
“‘Yo ho, my boys!’ said Fezziwig. ‘No more work to-night. Christmas Eve, Dick. Christmas, Ebenezer!” (2.34)
Scrooge’s greed and obsession with money developed in the prime of his life, in the past
“There was an eager, greedy, restless motion in the eye, which showed the passion that had taken root, and where the shadow of the growing tree would fall” (2.38)
In many ways describing the truth, Belle states Scrooge will view his relationship with her as a bad dream, where he didn’t make money, from which he will wake up
“you will dismiss the recollection of it, gladly, as an unprofitable dream, from which it happpened well that you awoke” (2.40)
The Ghost of Christmas Present states its sprinkling works best to a poor dinner, as the poor need it the most
“To a poor one most… Because it needs it most” (3.50)
Bob states Tiny Tim behaved better than gold, indirectly suggesting they value family more than money
“‘As good as gold,’ said Bob, ‘and better” (3.53)
The Cratchits, due to their lack of money, do not live in good conditions. However, they are happy nonetheless
“They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being water-proof; their clothes were scanty… But they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another” (3.58/59)
The consequences of poverty as shown through Ignorance and Want, and their terrible appearance
“They were a boy and girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but prostrate, too, in their humility” (3.69)
The dehumanising description of a rich man shows the lack of care and empathy that money can do to someone, reflecting in their outward appearance
“a red-faced gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock” (4.73)
Scrooge’s obsession with money meant that he remained in a good business standing with others, but never developed close personal connections
“He had made a point always of standing well in their esteem: in a business point of view, that is; strictly in a business point of view” (4.74)
One of the women who steals from Scrooge’s dead body coldly says she will take what she can get from his body, reflecting an obsession with money similar to Scrooge’s own earlier in the novel
“I certainly shan’t hold my hand, when I can get anything in it by reaching it out, for the sake of such a man as He was, I promise you, Joe” (4.78)
The couple who owe Scrooge money in the future are happier and better-off after he dies, as their debt will likely be transferred to a more merciful creditor, showing how big of an impact money has on the lives of people
“it would be bad fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor in his successor. We may sleep to-night with light hears, Caroline!” (4.82)
