In Silas Marner by George Eliot, she wrote of Silas Marner's different changes of love. In the beginning of the book, he focused his love on the lady who had captured his heart but then it turned to money. As the story ends, he found true love in his daughter Eppie. She greatly displayed how love can change from greed to the true, eternal love. When living in Lantern Yard, Silas's attachment to the community …showed first 75 words of 595 total…

…showed last 75 words of 595 total…love of a lady to the superficial love on money, and in the end the most important love was in the joy of Eppie. The life of Silas Marner was the theme in the book. Although people go through so many hardships in life, they should never lose hope of life and love. Eppie best described the end of Silas Marner's life by saying, "Oh, Father. I think nobody could be happier then we are."