Character and Mr. Chips
Goodbye Mr. Chips
In the novel Goodbye Mr. Chips, James Hilton shows through Katherine how one person can make a substantial change in somebody's life present or not. Goodbye Mr. Chips is a sentimental story of a gentle aging schoolmaster and his long, close association with the school in which he taught. The two main characters that appear in this book are Mr. Chips the English schoolmaster and his lovely wife Katherine.
Mr. Chips' life covers the second half of the nineteenth century and the first third of the twentieth. In the beginning of the novel Chips is just an ordinary teacher just starting out in the teaching world. In that same year he meets a woman that will greatly effect his life forever. At first Chips is very hesitant about the relationship and wonders what Katherine sees in him. Katherine explains to him that it isn't his looks she's interested in, she's attracted to the man he is inside.
The son of a schoolmaster, Hilton attended Christ's college in Cambridge 1921 where he first began to write. This novel was originally supposed to be written for a Christmas supplement in the British Weekly. (It had later been turned into a novel). It's overnight success, since written in four days, surprised Hilton and many critics. These success influenced readers go buy his other books to see if they were as masterful as Goodbye Mr. Chips (James 3422). Hilton had written eight full-length novels beforehand. He was just then after the success with Goodbye Mr. Chips admired (Poupard 101). Mr. Chips' character was created by the brilliant mind of Hilton only by the influence of Hilton's father and Latin teacher. These two people were very important to Hilton and he showed that in his work. The creation of this character showed they were very caring, emotional and smart. The name Mr. Chips' name can be thought of as Hilton was "chipping" off characteristics of his father and teacher by using them in the main character. Mr. Chips is also said to be a
In the novel Goodbye Mr. Chips, James Hilton shows through Katherine how one person can make a substantial change in somebody's life present or not. Goodbye Mr. Chips is a sentimental story of a gentle aging schoolmaster and his long, close association with the school in which he taught. The two main characters that appear in this book are Mr. Chips the English schoolmaster and his lovely wife Katherine.
Mr. Chips' life covers the second half of the nineteenth century and the first third of the twentieth. In the beginning of the novel Chips is just an ordinary teacher just starting out in the teaching world. In that same year he meets a woman that will greatly effect his life forever. At first Chips is very hesitant about the relationship and wonders what Katherine sees in him. Katherine explains to him that it isn't his looks she's interested in, she's attracted to the man he is inside.
The son of a schoolmaster, Hilton attended Christ's college in Cambridge 1921 where he first began to write. This novel was originally supposed to be written for a Christmas supplement in the British Weekly. (It had later been turned into a novel). It's overnight success, since written in four days, surprised Hilton and many critics. These success influenced readers go buy his other books to see if they were as masterful as Goodbye Mr. Chips (James 3422). Hilton had written eight full-length novels beforehand. He was just then after the success with Goodbye Mr. Chips admired (Poupard 101). Mr. Chips' character was created by the brilliant mind of Hilton only by the influence of Hilton's father and Latin teacher. These two people were very important to Hilton and he showed that in his work. The creation of this character showed they were very caring, emotional and smart. The name Mr. Chips' name can be thought of as Hilton was "chipping" off characteristics of his father and teacher by using them in the main character. Mr. Chips is also said to be a