Question

5th block/english language arts due dec 12 - 11:45 pm late a christmas carol: scrooge and marley,... read to unlock meaning reading strategy close read model three or four pou deserves such praise as you and dick so lavish now? 79 scrooge. it isn’t that! it isn’t that, spirit. fezziwig had the power to make us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. the happiness he gave is quite as great as if it cost him a fortune. 80 past. what is the matter? 81 scrooge. nothing particular. 82 past. something, i think. 83 scrooge. no, no. i should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now! that’s all! comprehension check who is fezziwig, and what is he like? ebenezer enters the room and shuts down all the lamps. he stretches and yawns. the ghost of christmas past turns to scrooge all of a sudden. 85 past. my time grows short! quick!

Explanation:

Fezziwig is Scrooge's former employer (from his youth in "A Christmas Carol"). From the text, Scrooge describes him as someone with the power to make employees' service light or burdensome, a pleasure or toil, yet he gave happiness that felt as great as if it cost a fortune. This implies Fezziwig was a kind, generous, and benevolent employer who valued the happiness of his workers, unlike Scrooge's later miserly self.

Answer:

Fezziwig was Scrooge’s former employer. He was kind, generous, and benevolent, as he had the power to make his employees’ work a pleasure or a toil but chose to give them happiness (at little or no cost to himself, as Scrooge notes the happiness he gave felt as great as if it cost a fortune).