Analysis Of Rod Serling's 'The Changing Of The Guard'

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In “The Changing of the Guard” by Rod Serling, he explains that a teacher of literature (Professor Ellis Fowler) is working at Rock Hill School for Boys located in Connecticut. Fowler is a joyful old man who lifts laughter in his classroom and tells his “dunderheads” they will make and leave their marks. Three days before Christmas holidays and the headmaster tells Fowler (despite his incalculable value) that he has passed the retirement age years ago and they are looking for someone younger. Fowler will later state to, “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” Upset and crying at the fact that he will no longer contribute to the place he loves, he tells his housekeeper, Mrs. Landers that he is a failure and won no victory.