Examples of person vs. person in a Christmas carol

Ebenezer Scrooge has conflicts with almost every individual he encounters. It is the crux of the story: a man so embittered against humankind as to despise each one of its members singularly. He feels his employee is stealing from him by asking for Christmas day off, that beggars are whining wastrels, that even his nephew is attacking him with his exhortations of “Merry Christmas.”

'Nephew!' returned the uncle sternly, 'keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine.'

'Keep it!' repeated Scrooge's nephew. 'But you don't keep it.'

'Let me leave it alone, then,' said Scrooge. 'Much good may it do you! Much good it has ever done you!'

The root of this conflict, and the other man vs. man conflicts, is an argument of philosophies. As far as the matter concerning Cratchit goes, Scrooge feels life is to be endured...that a holiday is an excuse for sloth. He takes it as a personal affront that he will lose the day that should have been devoted to work. Furthermore, he sees the confrontation beggars as assault. As for Scrooge's conflict with his family, the nephew feels camaraderie and festivity are to be shared, as well as goodwill. Scrooge feels no goodwill; the nephew wants to spread his over-abundance of it. Scrooge wants to keep to himself; his nephew wants to draw him out.

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