Tiny Tim is an adorable character and the youngest son of Bob Cratchit. Despite how he is treated, he is often protective of his employer, citing the fact that Christmas is not the time for thoughts of ill will. He is married to Mrs Cratchit, who is kind and loving but not a fan of Scrooge as she sees the way that he treats her husband. At the start of the novel, he is the victim of Scrooge’s folly as Scrooge lambasts him for having the gall to ask to be paid on Christmas day despite not working. He is a wonderfully complex character that seems a little one-note at first, but thanks to the actions of the ghosts, readers see his past and the events that shaped him into the man he is.īob is the head of the Cratchit family and Scrooge’s long-suffering clerk. Scrooge had been hardened by events in his life but is shown the error of his ways and eventually receives his redemption. Charles Dickens used the phrase “stave” instead of “chapter” because it represents how a carol would be divided. Scrooge is a miserly old man, and Dickens does a wonderful job painting him as such with his beautiful descriptions. The book’s protagonist (or antagonist depending on one’s point of view).
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