I think that the amount of time devoted to the events in "The Window" and in "Time Passes" is very interesting and significant to the narration of the story. Because Woolf employs free indirect discourse, the reader is able to gain a general sense of how all of the characters are feeling; they have insecurities and worries but they are generally content with their lives and the situations in which they find themselves. Woolf devotes a large portion of the novel to describing one single night in the lives of all of these characters in order to pinpoint the general consciousness of the group before the War. This can be seen as trying to parallel the general consciousness of English society before the War began.

In "Time Passes", however, little time or thought is given to the deaths of Mrs. Ramsey, Prue and Andrew. This symbolizes the beginning of the War, and the characters no longer have the privilege of deeply reflecting upon their experiences. They are no longer capable of the same introspection in the face of the chaos of the War and the deaths are therefore less important. The novel does not explore the meaning of the deaths nor does it provide any sort of resolution during this section. The section exemplifies the feeling of being completely lost, which is contrasted by the self-awareness of "The Window".