silas marner

empty life, but his daughter Eppie whom he loved more than anything, and who also returned his love since he was the only father she had ever known. He was once again happy and glad to be alive; his main focus in life to provide a good life for Eppie. He was reborn, not physically, but mentally and spiritually. Along with loving Eppie, he came closer to God, became more social, and he was not stereotyped anymore of being a strange man – an outsider. He is greatly admired by the villagers for his selfless act of taking care of a strange orphan child and they feel he deserves his good luck: his enlarged and improved cottage (paid for with the money Godfrey Cass gave to them in order t...