What does the fact that the fire in scrooge home is weak help you understand about scrooge

Scrooge's keeping a small fire demonstrates that he really doesn't want to spend money on himself. The "weak" fire and cold home and office symbolize the cold heart of Scrooge.

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huck's relationship with food is a prominent theme throughout the novel, and during his time on jackson's island and working his way down river, huck revels in and enjoys his ad hoc dining. in the first chapter, we observe huck is ironically trapped in a "civilized" world, when he would prefer to live freely in nature.