n. He feels that all he needs to provide Ellen with is clothes and nourishment (36). It is
             clearly shown at the end of this story when Ellen is driven into a state of insanity that Paul also
             needed to show her love and affection (42). Geographical and emotional isolation warped
             Ellen's character into a state of madness.
             Sinclair Ross's " The Lamp at Noon" is not the only short story that portrays the negative
             effects of isolation. In Susanna Moodie's " Brian the Still Hunter", Brian's isolation moulds
             him into a demented and vile character. Brian's alcoholism isolates him from himself as well as
             others. When sober, others refer to him as a passionate man, but, " when the wit was out and the
             liquor was in, he was as savage as a quarrelsome bear" ( Ross, 6). Other
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