Goodbye Mr. Chips

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Summary: Boring........
Review: A small book about a sweet, old man... May be pictures in it should make up for the lack of the story. It was so boring I could not finish reading this 50 pages book.

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Summary: Goodbye Mr. Chips
Review: Goodbye Mr.Chips was an interesting book. Mr. Chips lives in a house with Mrs. Wicket and he teaches at Brookfield. He loves being a teacher and he touches many students lives.
He meets his wife at a vacation resort. She changes his view on life and this makes Mr. Chips well loved at school.Mrs. Chips becomes pregant yet she dies in childbirth. This makes Mr. Chips horribly sad and he is very drpressed. Although when the school Head of School comes in, Mr. Chips job faces danger. The new Head of school tells Mr. CHips that he will have to retire. So Mr. Chips tries to but he just cannot leave. A new Head Master comes in and Mr. Chips begins work again. He goes through many dangers during his teaching. He faces sad students, World War I, air raids and many other things. He dies a happy man at Mrs. Wicket's.

I enjoyed reading this book because it was easy to follow. Although the story could have had a alot more plot to it, I enjoyed it. I also liked getting deeper into the book by looking at the themes prevalant in the book.

I would encourage you to read Goodbye Mr. Chips if you are looking for a short story. If you want to havea good read, read GOODBYE MR. CHIPS.

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Summary: Excellent stuff.
Review: I watched, "Goodbye, Mr Chips" (teh Robert Donat version) when I was just a teenager, and loved it. Now 33, I've wacthed the film again several times, and had to retrieve the box of tissues every time! :-) My husband recently bought me the hardback book (been looking for it for YEARS!!), which I'm thrilled with. The story is such a wonderful one (Old school teacher reminiscing about loves ones and events that influenced and changed his life), and I really do wish that more younger people (usually those under 20) could stop for a moment and enjoy the history of an ordinary life, without rejecting the whole concept as 'boring'. Disturbingly enough, I've heard the same word (boring) used to describe, "The Diary of Anne Frank" (the actual diaries of a Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis). Makes one wonder about people, really, when such beautifully-written diares and novels are rejected as 'boring'. Perhaps those readers just don't fully understand the subject matter or the language used in either book. That's a shame, because this (and The Anne Frank diaries) is a wonderful book. Read it, enjoy it, and read it again later.

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Summary: my review
Review: k, this book was the one of the most boring books i have ever read. It has no real meaning of anything. If you want bordom read this. This book really deserves one star.

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Summary: The worst book I have ever read in my life!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Ok. I am a male from Marietta, Georgia, and I am in 8th grade. This was the worst book I have ever, I would have given this book negative stars if I could. This is book has no plot, and it is very confusing. It is confusing, because the settings change rapidly, so it is hard to know what i going on. Also, the tenses change from present to past in each chapter! This book really only has one main character, and that is Mr. Chips. He has the most boring life. The book tells about Mr. Chips's life as a teacher at a place called Brookfield. Brookfield is in England. If I were you, the reader, I would not take the time to read this book, unless you want to have a short book with pictures in it. The only reason I chose this book is, because it has more than 30 pictures and is only 115 pages counting the pictures. I will never read any books by James Hilton as long as I live.

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Summary: a classic
Review: The last page of this book made up for any feelings of boredom I experienced before. Mr. Chips has enjoyed a 63-year history at Brookfield School for Boys in England. He was married briefly for a year to a young woman who died, and no one remembers her. It's like he has always been a confirmed old bachelor.

Mr. Chips is easily the prototype for Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society. You can see a much-loved teacher with his own complexities shining through this character. The last page made me cry, it was just so touching. Read this book -- it is a classic and worth much more than the few hours it takes to read it.

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Summary: A Little bit sad
Review: This book is great for high schoolers and adults. Mr. Chips is a wonderful study in what teaching used to be. Except for corporal punishment, I think he was a wonderful teacher. I loved this book, and, although I read it many years ago, I still have endearing memories. It is very sad in spots, but heartwarming most of the time. Much better than Lost Horizon.

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Summary: Excellent stuff.
Review: This is one of those books (a novelette, really--it's only a little over 100 pages) that has become a classic, and rightfully so. It's about a somewhat shy man, Mr. Chipping, who comes to teach at Brookfield School in 1870. He begins to warm up to his students, after falling in love and marrying Katherine, who brings him out of his shell. He becomes a beloved institution at the school, and is there until the end of his life. It's a wonderful story, told by one of the best of the modern story-tellers, James Hilton.

Hilton is a wonderful author, and I never tire of reading his books. He's very good at characterization, and that talent really shines in "Chips." "Chips," "Lost Horison," and "Random Harvest" are among his best, but I've never read a bad book by Hilton. By all means, check out his books--you'll be glad you did!

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Summary: No goodbyes to Mr Chips
Review: This is one of those books which immediately fall under the head of "literary classics". Mind, dont go here looking for an amazing plot et al. You would not find it here - rather enter Hilton's world for the literature and its beauty. James Hilton, to my mind, presents a picture of a typical British author - laidback and rather understatemental. The pre-2nd W war years of British literature were good years - and there was a continuance of the literary traditions from Hardy and Eliot. The tale explores Mr Chips' life as a teacher in a typical British country setting. His romance - short but so very sweet - has been captured quite brilliantly. The changes in hin due to his married life have also been put forward - quite unobtrusively. I would put it down as an amzing book - provided you are attuned to such slow and engrossing books. This is a must-read for all literature lovers.

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Summary: Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton
Review: This work is a fine rendition of English literature around the
time of the 1880s or thereabouts. The main character, Mr. Chips
evolves into a personable old man who gains substantial
sympathy from the readership. This book is assigned in early
high school because of its excellent presentation and
innocent themes. The main character represents an instructor
who teaches generations of boys in a local middle or high school. The setting is in Brookfield, England. There is a
quaintness about the town, as well as the characters in the
book. The portal of time preceeded the 20th century when
teachers stayed in the same job and the same locale for
multiple generations. With each passing generation, the
graduating students would reminisce about teachers within
each others' common domain of experience. Mr. Chips was a
character not likely to be forgotten due to his longstanding
presence as a pedagogue to the many young students in Brookfield.
Students would critique his memory and style of teaching
year after year. The main character suffered through adversities
and celebrated better times. The work is memorable due to its
shear ordinariness. At times, the author shifts from the
present tense verbal structures to the past tense without
adequately preparing the reader. The general grammatical
thrust of the book is appropriate for the readership; namely,
young people. The work foretells a time past; however,
it's important for students to read literature from different
centuries in order to gain an overall perspective on world
history and comparative styles of writing in the English
language and other languages. Contrast the character of
Mr. Chips to that of Ebeneezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol"
by Charles Dickens. The character of Scrooge is far more
sophisticated and worldly. The story is more involved with
a complete evolution of the main character from a stingy
pennypincher to a generous patron of the local community.
The authors are similar in that the storylines are centered
on a single character throughout a lifetime. These English
authors were marvelous storytellers. They escorted the readers
through decades of experiences in the lives of the involved
characters. The works are important for readers of all ages
because they document ordinary and sometimes extraordinary
lives during the various stages of evolution and transition.