WAS He really that bad?
So what if he doesn't like Christmas, there are several people that hate it as well. I understand that he was cheap, but did he really deserve the stigma? I think not.
shareIt wasn't just that he was cheap, he was cheap to point of not caring if it made himself and everyone around him miserable. Aside from keeping his office bitterly cold, and paying his assistant the lowest amount he could, he lived in a miserable looking house, and ate gruel.
While no one should ever feel forced to give to charity, the fact that he was a very wealthy man, with no family of his own, he probably could have spared a few dollars to help the less fortunate. Not only did he decline, but he insulted the men who asked.
He chased off anyone who ever tried to love him. He chose to pursuit of money over the woman he loved, even though his mentor warned him about such. And he refused to waste even a moment to have a relationship with his nephew, who despite being constantly rebuffed, continues to try and connect with his uncle. Lucky for him, he saw the error him his ways before his nephew gave up trying.
And it doesn't sound like he spent much time by Marley's bedside when he was dying.