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 he

Eppie affected Molly in the story as well. Eppie brings out Molly's maternal feelings that are hidden deep inside even the most evil of women. Although the effect was not great enough to make Molly stop taking opium, there are small instances of love throughout the book. When Eppie and Molly were trudging through the snow, Molly covers Eppie in her coat to keep her warm. Molly let a drug take over her life, and by providing warmth to Eppie, she steered Eppie away from that life. Molly tried so hard to overcome what is a grueling addiction for anyone to triumph over. This shows that Eppie's innocent charm helped Molly attempt to over come a hardship like the others she encountered in the story.

The second person Eppie impacted was Godfrey. The girl until the very end of the book did really not influence Godfrey when he realize

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