What is the narrative purpose of this excerpt from chapter 1 of a christmas carol by charles dickens

The narrative purposes of Chapter 1 in A Christmas Carol, describes what a man Scrooge his and that his greediness is a trait that everyone knows in the village. Its narrative is absolutely light in the first few parts, to give way for the heavy hitters in the ending of the story. 

The narrative purpose of this excerpt from chapter 1 of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is developing characterization

Explanation:

The question is not complete because it does not provide the complete information, here is the complete information:

Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas.

A.

plot development

B.

building suspense

C.

creating dramatic irony

D.

developing characterization

This excerpt gives an extensive description of the character of Scrooge, it does not only describe him physically though words such as "pointed nose", but it also describes the essence of his soul, it uses several adjectives to describe his appearance personality and even his influence over everything around.

The part of a Supreme Court decision that comes at the very beginning is the summary.

Explanation:

The summary is, as its name implies, a summary or brief introduction of the case that will be resolved. That is, the parties involved (plaintiff and defendant in criminal cases, for example) are recorded and the matter to be discussed is specified.