Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1) Page 1: Salinger hasn’t even finished the first sentence and he’s already characterizing Holden Caulfield as isolated from his family, a bit self-absorbed, smart and informal with his narrative style.

The most important quote in the book is as follows, “So it goes.”After every instance of death or tragedy, you will read the Tralfamadorian saying “so it goes.” You see, all moments in life are predetermined, death is inescapable, and although your life may someday come to an end, the moments of the past, present, and future exist simultaneously. This brings about a sort of numbness in Billy, because every death he does experience is simply just a moment of someone's life and nothing more. They may seem dead, but they are currently enjoying life in another section of time as well. Free will doesn’t exist, so just like aliens staring at the newly found zoo specimen by the name of Billy Pilgrim, time should also be observed as a specimen of its own.

How does Charlie change through the course of the novel? How different is he from the person he is at the beginning of the novel to how he is at the end? Do you consider then novels end to be tragic or inspiring? How so?

It is quiet tragic for Holden, for he has to act composed and “cool” despite his somber resulting from the destruction of his symbol of childhood memories, which essentially contribute to his real identity.

White is nostalgic throughout this piece. The sentence is very long, similar to the other sentences in this piece. This shows that White does not discontinue the memory, it is a continuous cycle. The thoughts flow out of him and he is not stopping is ponder the moment. The sentence is very loose and casual. The sentence starts with the subject and verb, but is followed by smaller moments during this

Salinger highlights the struggle after a loved one’s death through the protagonist, Holden, who accounts the memories of his brother Allie: “He used to laugh so hard at something he thought of at the dinner table that he just about fell off his chair. I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage. I don't blame them” (Salinger 38). At an adolescent age, Holden had to go through the tragedy of his brother's death, where he demonstrated strange behavior due to his emotional instability. Holden had ruined his friendship with Stradlater, who’d asked Holden to write him an English prompt where Holden wrote about Allie’s glove, but had disappointed Stradlater, thus Holden tore the paper. Holden became furious due to the connection Holden had with his brother, he portrayed the misunderstanding that society and adolescents have of one another after a

In the beginning of the short story, as Brother reflects on Doodle’s life, the author uses personification and foreshadowing to create a mood of remorse. As he gazes out of the window into his backyard, Brother states that “the graveyard flowers were blooming. ...speaking softly the names of our dead” (Hurst 1). The flowers provide flashbacks of the past, and foreshadow a loss of life. The loneliness felt by Brother causes readers to consider how they would feel if their loved one was gone. As Brother observes the seasons, it is noted that “summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born” (Hurst 1). The personifications of the seasons as stages in the cycle of life and death creates an unsure and uncertain mood. The shift between seasons creates an idea of change and uncertainty of events to come. Hurst creates a mood of remorse through

As the novel progresses, we realize that ironically Holden's alienation becomes the source of most of his pain throughout the book. Although he never realizes the fact that his pain is being derived from his isolation and lack of human interaction, Salinger places clues in the book that tell us that it is so. With the introduction of Sally Hayes, Salinger is able to craft a relationship that effectively depicts the conflict in Holden. It is loneliness that initially propels Holden into a date with Sally. However, during the date Holden's need for isolation returns, he "didn't even know why" he "started all that stuff with her. The truth is" he "probably wouldn't have taken her even if she wanted to go." Because Sally is unable to recognize the feelings on the "phoniness" of school that he projects, he becomes frustrated and uses a rampaging monologue to upset her and drive her away. The only time in the

Billy has lost a sense of love as death has faced him in the eyes once too many. Billy deals with his pain by turning to alcohol abuse, he cannot deal with his mourning, "Sometimes it's not as if they have died so much as that I myself have died and become a ghost." (43). From Dolores and Billy, the central theme is slowly revealed.

In result of this behavior by his parents, he was never able to learn to trust an adult. He didn’t even find one teacher at the multiple schools he attended that he could trust. One teacher he had some respect, but still no trust, for was Mr.Antolini, one of his old english teachers. Holden went to Mr. Antolini’s house, after visiting his sister, for a place to sleep since he could not stay at his house. While s at Mr. Antolini’s house, Holden fell asleep on the couch and he woke up to Mr. Antolini petting his hair from the ground. Not only did this incident freak Holden out, but it also reassured his negative view of adults.

The number of his heroic deeds is like the number of people in the world,

2. How does Charlie change through the course of the novel? How different is he from the person he is at the beginning of the novel to how he is at the end? Do you consider the novel’s ending to be tragic or inspiring? How so?

In Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton, the recurring theme is those with a strong will who hold to their values and good virtue stand as great examples to others, especially towards the impressionable minds of youth. From the very beginning of his career, Mr. Chips had begun to be a force for good in the old school for boys. Chips had always been a level-headed man of conservative values who listened to the opinions of others with great patience and understanding. Mr. Chips, by the help of his legendary sense of humor which gave him his reputation, shared his great wisdom and knowledge to thousands of young men through generation upon generation. Even through the loss of his wife and his child breaking his heart,

Apart from the genuine friendship between the Dude, Walter and Donny, the eulogy dialogue also implies another layer of meaning from the movie concerning generation loss, changes and the cycle of life. Although the three main characters are bound together by bowling but Donny is the only one we ever do see bowl, in fact, we only seem to notice his existence at the bowling alley but his bowling results never did come to the Dude nor Walter’s notice. From the way how Donny let Walter call him names, swear at him and never really get to enjoy bowling’s fun, to Donny being scared to death with an heart attack caused by Nihilists attack or even after Donny’s death, when there is no family member but only Walter and the Dude to take care of his remains indicates a generation ignored and lost.

Miss You Already is a British romantic comedy-drama film in 2015. It is directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and produced by Christopher Simon. The film is based on a radio play called Goodbye by Morwenna Banks, who is also a screenwriter for the film adaptation. The story centers around a friendship between two childhood friends, Milly and Jess, both now married with families of their own; the film stars Toni Collette as Milly, and Drew Barrymore as Jess. While the two women maintain their friendship throughout the years, they start encountering conflicts when Milly is diagnosed with breast cancer and Jess begins a journey of her first pregnancy.