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 …showed first 75 words of 1918 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1918 total…immediately preceding and following World War I. Setting (place) - The Isle of Skye, the Hebrides, Scotland (Great Britain) Protagonist - Although Mrs. Ramsay is the central focus of the beginning of To the Lighthouse, the novel traces the development of Lily Briscoe to the end, making it more accurate to describe Lily as the protagonist.Major conflict - The common struggle that each of the characters face is to bring meaning and order to