Age who were very advanced. These women were, clever, cunning and active.

They read the dramas of Ibsen and Bernard Shaw and advocated freethinking. That is why Mr. Chips was an unmarried fellow even up to forty eight years of his age when, accidentally, Katherine Bridges met him. Mr. Chips was very happy to get married With Katherine. He was influenced a lot by the free-thinking & modernity of Katherine. Before the marriage, he was a bit dry sort of man, having hard heart & nature. However, after he got married, he became a new man. He loved her much. He became lenient in his treatment with students.His mind became more active & he began to take more interest in life. Katherine used to advise him about many problems & matters & he used to act upon the advices. The youth and modernity of Mrs. Chips created a mixture and blend of free-thinking and broad-mindedness with wisdom and sanity. He became more adventurous. Mr. Chips passed his married life in the most peaceful & lovable way. He remembered Katherine even at the time of his death in 1933, 35 years later than her death. 8. What influence did Katherine Bridges exercise on Mr. Chips? Why Mr. Chips become a changed man after his marriage? What changes had been brought by Katherine Bridges on Mr. Chips life after her marriage with him? What were the results of Chipss marriage with Katherine? Was it a successful marriage? It is well said that all the great people in the world there is a womans hand behind. Hence, when Mr. Chips got married with the young and beautiful Katherine Bridges, after her marriage with Mr. Chips, she exercised great influence upon Mr. Chips. She made him realize that life was quite a lovable thing and should be taken in a suitable way. She taught him to solve many problems of life by tenderness instead of hardship. So Mr. Chips transformed into a new man totally different from his previous figure and personality. Now, Mr. Chips was a more popular and respected man than before. She made Mr. Chips a new man. He became more adventurous after marriage. He also got a complete and mature sense of confidence in his own personality. He had to enlarge his views because Katherine was a broad-minded lady. Katherine was the cause of popularity of Mr. Chips in Brookfield. Chips seemed to be more active and quick after his marriage. His sense of humor was now very quick and positive. Mr. Chips was thought as a very dry, dull man before his marriage to Katherine but now he had a pleasant personality due to Katherines influence. His discipline in the classes improved a great deal. He began controlling his classes in a better way. The students began to love respect and obey him. It was her influence that made Mr. Chips to arrange a match of football between the boys of a Mission School of London and the Brookfield. This proposal to play such a match with the poor boys of Mission School, London, was greatly opposed by the people of Brookfield but Mr. Chips personality made them to keep silent in the matter. The result was a very happy one. The match was played in a very friendly manner. The boys of London Mission School behaved sweetly that when they left the Brookfield, they were remembered long after. The main success of the match was the sound advice of Mrs. Katherine, which Mr. Chips had followed. 9. Write a short note on the views and ideas of Katherine Bridges. Katherine Bridges was a modern girl. Give reasons. Do you like the character of Katherine Bridges? Give reasons to support your argument.

Katherine Bridges is the heroine of the novel Good-bye, Mr. Chips . She was a young beautiful lady with blue eyes and soft hair. She was 25 years old when she married to Mr. Chips and died only two years later, in 1898. Katherine had modern ideas on life. She was a governess out of job. She was also a trained nurse. Her ideas were quite revolutionary and modern. She was a zealous supporter of the right of vote for women. She was a reactionary in politics. She was a modern woman of the later-Victoria-Age. She was a modern woman judged from any angle. Thus she was an independent and hard working lady. She desired that woman should be equal with man in society. She was in favor of higher education for them. She hated any class distinction. She rode bicycle and used to read and appreciate her favorite authors Ibsen, Bernard Shaw and William Morris though her ideas were equate different from Chips but she liked his sound personality. Katherine had a very mild tender and soft nature personally. She was really intelligent as she understood the feelings of other persons. She married Chips after understanding his habits and nature After marriage Katherine became a most useful adviser to Chips. She gave him suggestion that how he should treat his student and how to keep discipline in classes. However, she also pleaded for hard treatment or punishment at certain times, and even that was for the better. She was very popular lady & won respect at school, from teachers, their wives as well as the students because of her sweet nature & good qualities. She was completely modern woman of laterVictorian Age. She was very broad-minded & large-hearted woman & made Mr. Chips a new man. Katherine loved her husband from the heart. She exercised a healthy influence upon him. She proves to be a very loving companion for Chips. She helped him and served him in solving his problems. Her ideas, talks and suggestions made her a great wife. But unfortunately she died with her child just two years after her marriage. 10. What were the effects of the death of Katherine Bridges on Chips? Describe the changes that took place in Chips life after the death of his wife. Describe Chipss life after death of his wife. Unfortunately Katherine died along with her new born baby just after two years of her marriage. Mr. Chips became very sad after his wifes death that he did not want to talk to anyone. In the beginning he wished to die and go to the other world where his wife and child had gone. He left the rooms in that school where he was staying as its housemaster. He went to his bachelor house where he used to stay before his marriage. He wanted to leave his work of housemaster but the headmaster asked him to continue his job. The work kept him busy and made his grief light. However, he looked much older after his wifes death. He was now fifty years old. He became quite careless about his dress after his wifes death. He remained as simple as possible He did not change his gown even if it got much tattered. Chips looked quite, serious and mature. He could have better discipline in the classes. His teaching improved a lot and the students respected him all the more. Chips authority and confidence grew as him experience increased. He could say anything with out any hesitation even in important school functions. Mr. Chips was sure of the correctness of his views and actions. He was not ready to change his old ways of teaching. When the new headmaster Ralston, asked him to change his methods of teaching and to improve his dressing, he refused to do so. Thus chips
became a peculiar kind of old school master.