Goodbye Mr. Chips
The name of this book is, of course, Goodbye, Mr. Chips. It was written by James Hilton in the 1930's, among his other books including, Nothing So Strange, Morning Journey, and Time and Time Again. There are 132 pages in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", and it was published by The Atlantic Monthly Press. Mr. Chips is a teacher at a large boy's school in England, Brookfield that is. I'm not sure of his real name, however, the book does mention the he is not really Mr. Chips he just goes by that. The book starts with Mr. Chips as an old man who still runs his life according to the school bells. He lives a Mrs. Wickett's house, where she takes care of him. Conveniently she lives right across the street from the school the Mr. Chips taught for many years. The book is basically a memory of his life. Like many other books he starts old, remembers young, and ends old. Chips was known for his sense of humor. He was never serious, but he was an excellent teacher of the Latin and Greek languages. He was also admired greatly by his community. After Chips had been teaching for so long that his teaching methods were out of style the head of the school "Ralston" decided to demand Chips to resign. He told Chips that he was too set in
The story takes place in England with a conflict of a man striving to give all he can, and does it well until he dies. The boy came in and talked with him for a while, but soon Chips told him he couldn't stay. The book is weak because it is hard to follow. Wickett's visiting with old acquaintances and enjoying every minute of it. Chips was afraid he wasn't doing a good job, because he had been sick a lot the year before. Chips to come back and be the head of the school. When the boy left he said, "Goodbye, MR. So with a hand shake and no farewell he was back in Mrs. Chips was a good teacher, and the board of the school knew it to. I must say that the climax is when the school asks Mr. Day in and day out Chips stayed at Mrs. After a strike the school board asked Mr. Not knowing how he got there he asked what happened, but his voice was very weak.
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