Discussion Questions for To the Lighthouse, pp. 170-end

1. How does Lily imagine the marriage between Paul Rayley and Minta Doyle? How much of it really turned out that way? (172-174)

2. How did things turn out between Lily and William Bankes? Why did they turn out that way? (175-176)

3. How does the very brief chapter VI fit in with the surrounding text? (180)

4. Looking in the distance, the people in the boat look at the shore and the people on shore look at the boat. What does each group see in its counterpart?

5. What does the lighthouse represent to James? (186)

6. What do Cam and James see in their father?