Dead Poets Society
Carpe Diem; 'seize the day' capture it by the ears. Dead Poets Society the movie focuses on this phrase. "Suck the marrow out of life" according to Mr. Keating. This phrase meant to not ever let a day pass with out you. Problems such as death of a student Neil Perry, the expulsion of Nwanda and Keating fired were all the negative things that happened because of this philosophy. There were some good things such as Todd learning to speak publicly and finding his 'voice'; Knox tried harder to get the girl of his dreams. The group of students who formed the Dead Poets Society recited Thoreau's quote in the beginning of each of their meetings because they believed what Keating was telling them, and wanted to start to exercise what he was saying. The students that go to the school are under total control of their parents, and are monitored by the school; their lives are already put together for them. When Keating gave them the idea of seizing the day and the knowledge of the Dead Poets Society, this inspires them. This secret society was for the students to read poetry and look at it along with everyday issues with a different perspective. When Keating was a student at Welton Prep, he was a part of the Dead poet's society and be
came the person he is trying to teach his students to be. During one of Keating's lessons, he tells the boys to rip out pages from their poetry book. That lesson taught the boys to be free minded and that there is no way to tell how good poetry is. Everyone should see poetry differently. The Dead Poets Society relates to the poem because it teaches the boys to live the way they want to live and not be told what to do. After Neil Perry's death, the school had decided to discharge Mr. Keating, because they assumed it was his fault. Cameron had told the principal who was involved in the Dead Poets Society. There was a tiff between Nwanda and Cameron. Nwanda got in trouble. Knox, Nwanda and Todd were forced to sign a declaration blaming Mr. Keating for Neil's death. They all did except for Nwanda, who then got expelled. The Dead Poets Society died...but the sprit of the boys lived on. When Neil kills himself at the end I think the blame is on his father because he would not let him do what he wants to do in his heart, he wasn't being supportive of his sons wants. I feel that Keating had a very positive influence on him. Because of Keating's teachings, his students learned to live their own lives to the fullest
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