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    Introduction The nonprofit organization that I chose to conduct research on is called the Lighthouse. The Lighthouse is an after school program for middle and high school students. I decided to research this organization because I have had a few friends volunteer there and I have heard nothing but positive comments about it. I really wanted find out more about the Lighthouse because from the little that I already knew about it, I felt that it provided a safe harbor for our youth in Lincoln and

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    The purpose of a lighthouse is to serve as a navigational aid to shores or ports and to warn boats of dangerous areas. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is a novel that teaches how one person can affect the lives of people around them by, in a sense, shining a light on the person’s specific traits. In the novel, Mrs. Ramsay is one of the main characters that unfortunately does not make it to the end of the story, but her presence is shadowed throughout the novel where she is not there physically

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    Importance of Brackets in To The Lighthouse [Here Mr. Carmichael, who was reading Virgil, blew out his candle. It was midnight.] [Mr. Ramsay, stumbling along a passage one dark morning, stretched his arms out, but Mrs. Ramsay having died rather suddenly the night before, his arms, though stretched out, remained empty.] [Prue Ramsay died that summer in some illness connected with childbirth, which was indeed a tragedy, people said, everything, they said, had promised so well.] [A shell

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    such as her friends, family, and current events. Virginia Woolf wrote many short stories and novels in her life and each one was influenced by how she grew up. Many people may not always consider what influences a novel, or they may imagine that the novel was merely created for fun, however, most novelists have an inspiration and Virginia admitted that her family was the largest inspiration for her novel, “To the Lighthouse.” The novel was written about a seemingly perfect family who goes to their

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    So waves do a couple things in To the Lighthouse. First, and most importantly, they are the drumbeat of Time for Mrs. Ramsay. They are usually a soothing force, but they take on a more ominous tone when they become synonymous with destruction. For Mr. Ramsay, waves are a destructive power because they are part of the vast sea of human ignorance that eats away at a little spit of land symbolizing human knowledge. We threw out the idea that waves are a negative force, but our trash guy picked it up

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    advertising the Presque Isle lighthouse more efficiently. We as a community could accomplish this goal of featuring the lighthouse more to the public. By people volunteering and helping to put together observation decks all around Grand Lake a beautiful escape. Also having generous donations like by the home depot. This Will make the historical lighthouses landsite safer and also amazing. Reasonings for this project is just that. Adding these features to the lighthouses. Will bring more tourism and

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    The Importance Of Light

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    much brighter. These people who have seen darkness and who shine so bright because of it are a guide for those who may be waiting in the darkness. Like a lighthouse does for ships at night or like the stars and moon do for travelers. Without darkness, there would be no need for guidance or change. There would be no point in having stars, lighthouses, or unique bright people. Take the life of Jesus for example, this man was born in a manger surrounded by dirty animals. He never sinned a day in his life

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    can see, the texts I have chosen to discuss with you are To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lullaby by W. H . Auden, all of which have modernist themes, including conforming to traditional gender roles, time and love. To the Lighthouse revolves around the lives of the Ramsay family who are at their holiday house, hosting some guests, including Lily Briscoe (a painter) and Charles. The family are faced with different obstacles throughout the day, Lily with

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    Lily Briscoe is working on a painting throughout the book To The Lighthouse. She does not want anyone to see her painting and considers throwing it to the grass when someone walks by (Woolf 17-18). Other characters in the book seem to have different opinions about her painting. Mrs. Ramsay, William Bankes, and Charles Tansley all have differing views about Lily’s painting. While showing her painting to William Bankes, Lily realizes that she doesn’t like it. During Mrs. Ramsay’s dinner party

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    the wide base above the single point, on which the shape balances and teeters. In Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse (1927), the solitary points of these two triangles are personified in Mrs. Ramsay (in the upright, stable triangle) and Lily Briscoe (in the inverted triangle). The novel itself takes on a triad form, separated into three sections: “The Window,” “Time Passes,” and “The Lighthouse.” Mrs. Ramsay rules in the first section, and Lily Briscoe in the last, with the middle section—a mere twenty

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