Go to the Lighthouse (Gomai Classic)

Dusk at the beach house where the Ramsey family is trapped. Inside the house is triviality and isolation, and outside the window is an out-of-reach lighthouse. Everyone stares at the ideal through the glass, but can only see blurry light and shadow, and can never get close. People indulge in daily obsessions and live in "unfinished" life - James's attempt to go to the lighthouse was blocked, and Lily's painting was delayed in being finalized. Let more than ten years pass by quickly with minimalist poetry. Mrs. Ramsay died suddenly, her children died in battle and died of illness, and the house fell into dust and decay. The tenderness and regret that I once held onto were all wiped away by death. Objective time, like a rough external force, shatters the illusion of happiness constructed subjectively by people. The survivors return to their old places. Ramsay takes James to finally sail to the lighthouse, and Lily completes the final touches of the painting. The lighthouse fades away from its romantic fantasy and reveals its real and simple appearance. Arrival is not physical completion, but the dissolution of inner obsessions—James lets go of resentment, Mr. Ramsay lets go of vanity, and Lily achieves spiritual independence. The three parts range from the illusion of youth, to loss in middle age, to reconciliation in old age - the true arrival lies not in the living moment, but in the spiritual awakening after experiencing loss.

This book reminded me of a friend of mine who was also working hard on the road to entrepreneurship. The delicate depiction of human emotions in the book made me empathize with it. Especially when facing the chaos and uncertainty of life, how to find ourselves and eternity is exactly what we need to think about during the entrepreneurial process. I like the plot about going to the lighthouse in the book, which symbolizes people's pursuit of goals and ideals. This book is not only a reflection on life, but also an exploration of human nature. It is worth reading.

The content is not too much, the inner description is very specific, and the common stream of consciousness technique is used. The whole novel is described around going to the lighthouse, describing Mrs. Ramsay's inner thoughts.