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Dear Friend,
Even as Charles Dickens introduces the most miserable man in London, I can't
help but smile.
"Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing,
wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp
as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and
self-contained, and solitary as an oyster."
Dickens is a master of developing characters, and Ebenezer Scrooge is one of
my favorites.
The lyrical way he describes Scrooge helps explain why I'm always rooting for
this friendless miser.
But there is a great deal more to Ebenezer Scrooge that I missed until we
filmed our online course, "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol."
Ebenezer Scrooge is not a simple caricature of greed. Amidst the playful
language ofA Christmas Carol, Dickens reveals that Scrooge has fallen prey to a
very common temptation.
In response to the stresses and responsibilities of life, Scrooge commits
himself to controlling the terms of everything. In an effort to protect
himself, Scrooge withdraws from his friends, shuts himself up from the joys of
life, and becomes as "self-contained, and solitary as an oyster."
It's a warning that is powerful to me as I struggle with the busyness and
grind of my daily routine.
Maybe that's why Scrooge has such a hold on me. And it helps explain why I
cheer for him again and again as he promises to "honour Christmas with [his]
whole heart" every year.
And that's why I urge you to enter the world of Ebenezer Scrooge this
Christmas. Dickens will help you see old things anew and appreciate the joys we
too often overlook in our everyday lives.
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And may it be truly said of us all that we know how to keep Christmas well.
Merry Christmas to you and yours,
Bill Gray, ‘01
Vice President
Institutional Advancement
Hillsdale College
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