The Hero of Dead Poet's Society

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The movie Dead Poet's Society is about a group of young men growing up in a strict boarding school environment and their transition to a different type of lifestyle under the influence of the new English teacher, Mr. Keating. The film takes the standard idea of oppression and puts it in a private school setting. In the fight for their individualism, the characters display heroic traits, but one student, Todd Anderson, stands before all of them as the main hero of the movie.

At Welton Academy there were four pillars supporting the school: excellence, honor, tradition, and discipline. The school in actuality only lives up to 2 of these pillars: tradition and discipline. The school has been running in the same tradition year after year and the leaders fear change and continue with their archaic ways. The academy resembles a communist state with Nolan acting as dictator. The students are drones going through life day after day with someone else's program directing them. When Mr. Keating began teaching at the school he opened up doorways for the students, and attempted to help them think for themselves and begin living for themselves.

Todd Anderson came to the school as a new student and t

Todd wrote poetry for class and was very personal about it, but when he was asked to read it aloud, he said he had none. Also he refused to read at the society meetings. Keating made him come to the front of the classroom anyway and helped him get the words inside out. This seemed to be a turning point for Todd. Keating had helped uncover a heavily guarded part of Todd. After this event he became slightly more vocal and self assured.

herefore would have a hard time adjusting. To make matters worse the first thing he heard was of how good a student his brother was and that he has large shoes to fill. He was already insecure and this sort of comment would not help his esteem. Todd was a quiet and reserved student and may have even seemed indifferent to situations around him at times. He had some of the most difficult problems to overcome, namely his social-phobia. He had a great fear of being in the spotlight and just wanted to go unrecognized.

Todd Anderson acted nobly throughout the movie and had the heart of a true hero. The defining action making him the hero of the movie was when he instigated the salute to Keating at the end. He went from a docile student to a brave leader. The fact that he overcame internal struggles as well as external ones proved him the number one hero.

Though Todd was very shy, he and Neil became good friends. Todd showed noble traits and qualities when dealing with his friends. He reasoned with Neil and gave suggestions about how he could act in the play. He was a very tolerant person, throughout the film, he never really got angry at any of his friends. Although Todd may not have been the main character, there w

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English