Discussion Questions for To the Lighthouse, pp. 65-82
"You're teaching your daughters to exaggerate," Mr. Ramsay says to Mrs. Ramsay at one point. How does this argument correlate with the running conflict between these two? What are the possible virtues of exaggeration from Mrs. Ramsay's point of view? (67)
What does the image of walking all day with a biscuit in his pocket represent to Mr. Ramsay? (68)
What does Mr. Ramsay notice? What does he fail to see, according to Mrs. Ramsay? (69-70)
Why doesn't Nancy want to go with Paul, Minta and Andrew to the shore?
What is Paul Rayley's goal on this outing?
Why does Woolf put the entire episode into parentheses?
What is Rose's particular preoccupation? (81)