After being erroneously accused of stealing money, Silas Marner is forced into the life of a loner. Due to his idiosyncrasies the town people shun and fear him as a witch. Silas is so engrossed on material possessions that when his gold is stolen he is close to a nervous breakdown. He had become obsessive and disgruntled. He had no feelings of love for himself or any others. He was alone. A little girl appears who's drunken mother has passed away and Silas takes her in. "Eppie" as he names her

, transforms his life. Eppie turns a man who had given up on life, who had no purpose, into a man who had but one goal, to make her happy. She came to think of him as her father, and couldn't imagine it any other way. When Godfrey wanted to adopt her she refused. She caused Silas to stop thinking about money. He went back to church, and started to socialize again. Eppie gave Silas a focus for what was right. She provided the responsibility needed for Silas to pull himself out of his money grubbing stupor. Eppie unlocked the heart of a sad man and allowed Silas to feel whole.

Eppie affected many people simply by being herself. Neither her beauty nor her kindness had direct affects; it was simply her innocence and purity of heart. Her ability to open up what people hide away. Her belief in others gives them the will to rise up an

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