When Silas realized that his gold was gone and that
someone had basically welcomed himself into his house for the purpose of stealing from
him, his reaction was quite realistic, and very similar to the reaction that could have
happened to anyone who would have gone through the same
situation.
Basically Silas was not only robbed of his gold,
but of his present, his future, his dignity, and his security. He was no less violated
than anyone who gets their identity robbed, or someone whose luggage gets stolen from
the airport, or someone who comes one day from work to make dinner for the family only
to see that the things they worked so hard for are gone just because of someone else's
selfishness and malice.
In Silas's case, he was also an
older man and had a harder time connecting the malice of humanity to the peace that
comes with isolation. When Silas began to scream and fell into a fit of rage that was
quickly followed by a state of shock and grief, he was going through all the seven steps
of healing which include: Denial, negotiation, anger, grief, depression, and
acceptance.
Therefore, Silas's reactions were no different
than those of a person in real life. In fact, they were the same as we all have to go
through the seven stages in order to be able to somehow forgive and somewhat
forget.
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