Question

Stave 2 depicts Scrooge as a young boy in a boarding school in England. This was somewhat ordinary for a family with money back then (to send their boys to boarding school). According to Stave 2, how were things different for Ebenezer though, as compared to the other boys attending his school?

Answer 1

Answer:

Lonely and alone.

Explanation:

Though Ebenezer attented a boarding school and belonged to a pretty good family back then, he was always lonely and alone at school.

Stave 2 depicts how Ebenezer would sit all alone near the fireplace while reading books. When the Christmas spirit showed Ebenezer this scene from the past, he wept to see himself as a poor forgotten self.

Ebenezer then regretted not giving anything to the boy who was singing a Christmas Carol at his door last night. The scene from his past reminded him that the boy who sang the Christmas carol was just like him.