In the novel Silas Marner, by George Eliot, the characters are in a search for happiness. One character named Godfrey Cass is disappointed in his search when relying on wealth and luck, instead of love, does not lead him to happiness. Another character, Silas Marner, looks first to a pile of gold that only consumes his life until he starts loving and caring for a child, who finally brings him happiness. The lives of these …showed first 75 words of 507 total…

…showed last 75 words of 507 total…to save me, I should ha’ gone to the grave in my misery” (710), then he adds “our life is wonderful” (710). Silas changed from being miserable to being wonderful by letting go of his gold and embracing a child with love. The lives of Silas Marner and Godfrey Cass illustrate how wealth or objects will not lead you to happiness, but that love will. Both men were on a search, but one of them got lost.