... with all its possible unhappiness and misfortune. Woolf allows us into Mrs. Ramsay's thoughts: Oh, but she never wanted James to grow a day older! or Cam either. These two she would have liked to keep for ever just as they were, demons of wickedness, angels of delight, never to see ... also wants to maintain the unity of the family; she wants them to remain connected, children being a strong, somewhat compulsory, unifying element for husband and wife. She doesn't want them to grow up into "long-legged monsters:- she regards adults as monsters, or maybe she sees growth as distorting ... a...

• Word Count: 3254
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School