Question

5th block/english language arts due dec 12 - 11:45 pm late a christmas carol: scrooge and marley... enough. 8 scrooge. bah! humbug! 9 nephew. dont be cross, uncle. 10 scrooge. what else can i be? eh? when i live in a world of fools such as this? merry christmas? whats christmastime to you but a time of paying bills without any money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer. if i could work my will, every idiot who goes about with \merry christmas\ on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. he should! close read annotate mark words in paragraph 10 that show scrooges attitude toward christmas. question what does scrooge think of people who celebrate the holiday? what does this attitude tell you about scrooge himself? 11 nephew. uncle! 12 scrooge. nephew! you keep christmas in your own way and let me keep it in mine. 13 nephew. keep it! but you dont keep it, uncle.

Explanation:

To answer the questions: For the ANNOTATE task, words like "Bah! Humbug!", "fools", "idiot", "boiled", "buried" show Scrooge's negative attitude. For the QUESTION, Scrooge thinks people who celebrate Christmas are fools/idiots. His attitude (hostile, miserly, bitter) shows he's greedy, isolated, and dismissive of joy/community.

Answer:

• ANNOTATE: Words like "Bah! Humbug!", "fools", "idiot", "boiled", "buried" in paragraph 10 show Scrooge's negative attitude toward Christmas.
• QUESTION: Scrooge thinks people who celebrate Christmas are fools (he calls them "idiot") and views the holiday as a burden (paying bills, aging without gain). This attitude shows he is miserly, bitter, isolated, and dismissive of joy/community, prioritizing money over festive or human connection.