Goodbye Mr. Chips

A detailed Summary of 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 book is weak because it is hard to follow. Not always clear to who is speaking and many Latin phrases aren't translated. The book is very realistic and it reminds me of my mother. Living with a teacher this book is close to home, I'll never meet a teacher like my mom just like the children in the book will never meet another teacher like Chips. My favorite part of the book was Chip's ability to make a joke even when times were uncomfortable. He even made a joke as they listened to the bombs hit their town during the war. I would recommend this book to anyone who can read and understand it. It is even good for moms to read with their kids. I found the book interesting but not very good at specifying speakers, times, or names of places or real names for that matter. All in all, this book is pretty good.

Day in and day out Chips stayed at Mrs. Wickett's visiting with old acquaintances and enjoying every minute of it. One day while Mrs. Wickett was out a young boy came buy to visit with Mr. Chips. When he went to the door he got a chill. The boy came in and talked with him for a while, but soon Chips told him he couldn't stay. Chips was glad to meet a new boy who respected and loved him but he was just too tired to let him stay. When the boy left he said, "Goodbye, MR. Chips," in a very weird way. Chips went in and sat in his chair after the boy had gone and woke up in bed much later. Not knowing how he got there he asked what happened, but his voice was very weak. The doctor told him that he had fainted

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Approximate Word count = 1037
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels