HSSC 2, FBISE, Goodbye Mr. Chips (Movie)
Goodbye Mr. Chips is a novel which was written in the later years of the 19th century. In this novel, Latin master Mr. Chipping is the charater around whom the whole story turns and he the mainstay of Brookfields boys boarding school. He is a good teacher and a kindly person who has committed and devoted his life to teaching at Brookfield and he is considered by most of the writers that his lifepartner is his job but it is a great surprise when, during holidays in Lake District at Great Gable, he meets and marries the vivacious Kathie,who becomes his great helper at the school but a tragedy takes place when she leaves him forever during childbirth. Just before World War One insensitive new headmaster Ralston tries to edge Chipping out but the boys rally and Sir John Rivers, an old pupil of Chipping's and now head of the board of governors, invites him to stay and,when the war breaks out and Ralston joins up, Chipping becomes the new head. He is saddened by the waste of young lives in the pointless war and also by the death of his old friend and former German teacher Max, who had returned to his homeland to fight for Germany and he reminds the assembled boys that an individual's goodness is more important than their nationality. It is a sad day for all concerned when Chipping himself passes away. It is one of the interesting stories in English literature.______________________________________
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