Is Scrooge from A Christmas Carol an antagonist or protagonist

What does the word "rhetoric" mean?

Read the excerpt from monster. steve no, but i’ve seen a lot of ball games. i watch a lot of ball games. based on this dialogue, what can the reader infer about steve? he is a good basketball player. he enjoys watching ball games. he makes films of ball games. he is too lazy to play ball games.

In the new york times article "radio listeners in panic," what was the purpose of including stories of mass hysteria caused by the radio broadcast of the war of the worlds?