Ebenezer Scrooge is the protagonist (main character) of ‘A Christmas Carol’. He is a banker or ‘moneylender’ of sorts who owned his own ‘counting house’ alongside his late business partner Jacob Marley.
In the opening of the novella, Scrooge is presented as a miserly and misanthropic (someone who dislikes other people) businessman with a strong aversion to Christmas and the society around him in general. :)
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Atticus makes an attempt to lecture them about trying to live up their name after being pressured by Aunt Alexandra, who's known to judge families based on how long they live in one place for generations.
This upsets Jem and Scout because it is a strange side of their father that she has never seen before, that's why Atticus returns to his original principle.
(To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee)
