Physical isolation impacts many of the characters in the two stories. Nancy from "That Evening Sun" is isolated to her cabin away from the White people because the family that she works for does not accept her. She is forced to go home to her cabin all alone. The ditch that is outside of Nancy's cabin is symbolic to her isolation. It is very difficult for Nancy to cross over the ditch because it shows the indifference of the white population to the misery of the Blacks. When Nancy says, "If I can just get past this here ditch,"(207) it is physically traumatizing to cross the ditch. She does not want to cross because beyond the ditch is her world of isolation and proves her rejection from society. Similar to Nancy, the Eastwoods are also physically isolated in their

Even though Yvette is not a social outsider in The Virgin and the Gipsy, she becomes emotionally isolated after seeing how the gipsy and the Eastwoods are portrayed as outsiders themselves.

In The Virgin and the Gipsy, the characters are also rejected from society because of their social standing. Cynthia is considered to be immoral because she ran off with a "penniless man" and left her family. The Jewess is a social outsider because Jews are not socially acceptable and is stereotyped negatively. In the Eastwood relationship, traditional roles are not followed and they dare to break social taboos. Society criticizes the Eastwoods "dishonest" relationship, but they actually have a sincere and valuable one. The Eastwoods simply pursue what they believe to be right. Cynthia and the Eastwoods do not live a false pretense.

The gipsies are isolated from society because they are different. They lead a different lifestyle and act as individuals. Society describes gipsies as "pagan pariahs"(36), non-Christians and outcasts. Restrictions are placed on people like the gipsies that create a social scale and rank people accordingly.

This is similar to Nancy because she also cannot communicate with society normally or be considered acceptable. Since the gipsy is rejected from society, he is forever changed and it affects all aspects of his lie including establishing a relationship with a person of higher social standing.

Yvette's isolation is brought forth b

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