A study of ‘community’ as highlighted by characters who could be considered as standing outside the relevant community. Close reference to be made to George Eliot’s, ‘Silas Marner’ and William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies.’

A study of ‘community’ as highlighted by characters who could be considered as standing outside the relevant community. Close reference to be made to George Eliot’s, ‘Silas Marner’ and William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies.’

Silas is a linen-weaver; he has accumulated a goodly sum of gold. He was falsely judged guilty of theft fifteen years before and left his community. Squire Cass’ son Dunstan steals Marner’s gold and disappears. Marner takes care of an orphaned little girl, Eppie, and she becomes for him more precious than the lost property. Sixteen years later the skeleton of Dunstan and Marner’s gold is found. Godfrey Cass, Dunstan’s brother, admits that he is the father of Eppie. He married the girl’s mother, opium-ridden Molly Farren, secretly before her death. Eppie and Silas Marner don’t wish to separate when Godfrey tries to adopt the girl. In the end Eppie marries Aaron Winthrop, who accepts Silas Marner as part of the household.
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