Describe Scrooge. "Oh but he was a tight-fisted hand ... one degree at Christmas". (See Stave I of A Christmas Carol.)
Notice the wonderful accumulation of strong adjectives and phrases in this description. Why does the author use so many? He wishes to emphasize the cold miserliness of this man.
What is the first incident? Scrooge's treatment of his nephew, who has invited him to dinner on Christmas Day.
What does this incident show? His churlishness, and his contempt for those who spend money freely.
What is the next incident? His refusal to subscribe to any charities in the city.
What comes next? The account of his treatment of Bob Cratchit.
What does this show? His meanness and tyranny.
When he returns from his supper, what does he encounter? Marley's Ghost.
What does the ghost tell him? How it must wander through the world without rest, in atonement for Marley's cruelties and his neglect of other people. It laments his misspent life.
What does it promise to do to Scrooge? It promises to send him "Three Spirits".