When one contemplates a hard worker, they’d probably think of a young, teenage boy considering a bantam amount of money for durable manual labor. In “The Death of the Hired Man”, there’s an old man named Silas who is well acknowledged by Warren, but is ostracized by him because of the past between the two. Mary brings warren to see that Silas isn’t just on the farm to work and get paid, Silas has always worked for Warren, but Warren believes that Silas has wronged him in the past. Warren believes that Silas hasn’t earned the right to call this farm ‘home” although Silas has been around for a while. Mary is sympathetic to Silas and tries to talk Warren into liking him. While they had their discussion about Silas, Mary mentioned that Silas had
