in exile, is Seymon or Vasiley happier?

Seymon, an old man of sixty, lean, toothless and a drunk, is a man of many words, which are not very sympathetic. His days are spent ferrying people from one bank of the River to the other.  As new exiles arrive on the island, Seymon enjoys telling them there is no hope and nothing will get better and there is nothing good on the island. Seymon is content to live in misery and give up on finding any happiness. Then there’s Vasily, Vasily was sent to the island for forging a will. His life on the island was spent chasing money. He needed money to support his wife and daughter. Vasily took chances unlike Seymon who lived for nothing and no-one. Vasily, lived a life with chances.

            Vasily, lived a life with chances. He was happier with life than Seymon. Vasily had a young beautiful wife and a daughter, and also bought a house and land there too. Vasliy experienced life the way it was supposed to be, lively and free but also with sorrow. He also had hope that his life would be good in Siberia with his wife and daughter. Overall and in the end, Vasliy seemed happier with his life because he had all those things. Even though at the end his wife did leave him for someone else, and his daughter was ill he at least had things that cared for him.