To the Light House
SUMMARY to the Lighthouse is divided into three sections: The Window, Time Passes, and The Lighthouse. Each section is fragmented into stream-of- consciousness contributions from various narrators. The first section, "The Window," opens just before the start of World War I. Mr. Ramsay and Mrs. Ramsay bring their eight children to their summer home on an island in the Hebrides. Across the bay from their house stands a large lighthouse. Six-year- old James Ramsay wants desperately to go to the lighthouse, and his mother tells him that they will go the next day if the weather permits. James reacts gleefully, but his father tells him coldly that the weather looks to be foul. James resents Mr. Ramsay, and believes that he enjoys being cruel to James and his siblings.The Ramsays hosts a number of guests, including the dour Charles Tansley, who admires Mr. Ramsay's work as a metaphysical philosopher. Also at the house is Lily Briscoe, a young painter who begins a portrait of Mrs. Ramsay. Mrs. Ramsay wants Lily to marry William Bankes, but Lily resolves to remain single. Mrs. Ramsay does manage to arrange another marriage, however, between Paul Rayley and Minta Doyle.During the course of the afternoon, Paul proposes to Minta, Lily begin
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Approximate Word count = 1907
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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