At the very beginning of the story Ebenezer Scrooge is a selfish and greedy man who cares for only his money. He has no friends and he pushes away the only family he has left, his nephew, Fred. He does not seem to care about anyone and is described as being a very cold man.
"External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind...
At the very beginning of the story Ebenezer Scrooge is a selfish and greedy man who cares for only his money. He has no friends and he pushes away the only family he has left, his nephew, Fred. He does not seem to care about anyone and is described as being a very cold man.
"External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Foul weather didn’t know where to have him" (Stave One).
This means he is so cold, in terms of his emotions, that he literally cannot warm to anything. In other words, he is cold-blooded.
By the end of the story he has changed completely. He has seen the error of his ways. He understand how much people are willing to care for him if he will only care back. He understands how alone he is and if he were to die no one would really care- some people might even be relieved. He truly understands all he has done wrong and wants to make it right. So, he goes about becoming a better person by showing those around him how much he cares.
"He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world. Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them" (Stave Five).
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