TO THE LIGHTHOUSE

Name: Marwa Hafeez FF19123

Class: Bs English 6th A

Summary: Chapter 13

Mr. Bankes and Lily recount the European cities they have been to and

the paintings they have seen in them. Lily remarks that there is so much
she still hasn’t seen but that this is perhaps for the best as, seeing
paintings just “made one hopelessly discontented with one’s own
work.” Mr. Bankes protests, saying not everyone can be “Titians” and
“Darwins” and that he thinks there would be no great men were there
not “humble people like ourselves.” Lilly wants to praise Mr. Bankes by
saying he isn’t humble, but stops herself knowing that he (unlike most
men) does not want praise. Instead she says, “tossing off her little
insincerity,” that she will always paint because “it interested her.” Mr.
Bankes believes she will.
As she and Mr. Bankes come upon Mr. and Mrs.
Ramsay watching Prue and Jasper playing catch on the lawn, Lily thinks
“so that is marriage” and feels that “suddenly the meaning…came upon
them, and made them…the symbols of marriage,” as such meaning
“descends on people” now and then for no reason. Then, immediately,
“the symbolical outline which transcended the real figures sank down
again,” and left Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay just themselves. But in the
moment of suspension, Lily feels “a sense of things having been blown
apart, of space, or irresponsibility” so that everyone is spread far away
from one another. This “spell” of distance is collapsed when Prue
catches the soaring ball and Mrs. Ramsay asks her whether Nancy had
gone walking. The question brings Prue “back into the alliance of family
life.”
Summary: Chapter 14

Nancy, at Minta’s request and out of a sense of obligation, has

accompanied Minta and Paul on their walk. Nancy wonders what Minta
wants as she keeps taking then dropping Nancy’s hand. Andrew
appreciates the way Minta walks, wearing more sensible clothes than
most women and taking risks that most women will not. Still, this
outing disappoints Andrew. In the end, he does not like taking women
on walks or the chummy way that Paul claps him on the back. The
group reaches the beach and Nancy explores the tiny pools left by the
ebb tide. Andrew and Nancy come upon Paul and Minta kissing, which
irritates them. Upon leaving the beach, Minta discovers that she has
lost her grandmother’s brooch. Everyone searches for it as the tide rolls
in. Wanting to prove his worth, Paul resolves to leave the house early
tomorrow morning in order to scour the beach for the brooch. He
thinks with disappointment on the moment he asked Minta to marry
him. He considers admitting this disappointment to Mrs. Ramsay, who,
he believes, forced him into proposing, but, as the well-lit house comes
into view, he decides not to make a fool of himself.