The Dead Poets Society

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The Dead Poets Society is a movie about how one teacher, John Keating, teaches his students about Carpe Diem or “seize the day”. Most of Mr. Keating’s students do something different to start seize the day. Neil Perry, Charlie Dalton, and Knox Overstreet are some of Mr. Keating student that are big in to the belief of Carpe Diem.
Neil Perry comes from a very controlling family. If Neil’s grades fall anywhere below an A average, he will be punished by his father. Neil loves acting and tried to act in a play once, but his over controlling father does not what Neil to do anything that could mess-up his grades. After meeting Mr. Keating, Neil learns that he needs to start seizing the day, so he starts back up Mr. Keating’s old club, Dead poets Society. Then Neil gets all of his friends on board with starting up the ancient club, and now with the confidence from starting the club, he decides to go further when he goes against his father’s demands and auditions for the play at a school near his. When Neil gets the part as the main role, he makes two fake letters from the head master and his father, so he can participate in the play. Mr. Perry, Neil Perry’s father, finds out from a friend at dinner that his son is in a play, but when he finds his son, he tells him that he is forbidden to attend the performance, because he went behind his back. Mr. Keating is encountered by Neil right after he had his talk with his father, and he tell Mr. Keating about how he feels about his father. John Keating tells Neil to talk to his father and explain why he wants to be in the play. Since Neil’s father will not let Neil in the play, Neil goes behind his back aging to play his part in the performance, and when he does he gets a standing ovation.
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...r boyfriend beating Knox Overstreet, and she tells Knox to leave while she calms down her boyfriend. Later on the school year Knox goes to Chris's school to read her the poetry that he made, and she comes to his school to talk to him. She starts yelling at Knox and tells him about stopping her boyfriend, but Knox asked Chris to go to the play that night and to give him a chance. While at the play Knox reaches for her hand, Chris does not pull her hand away which leads audience the question did he get the girl?
Almost all the students in Mr. Keating class learn what it means to seize the day. Even though Mr. Keating is fired from the school because of a lie, he left the students with knowing that there is more to life than being in order. “Seizing the day" is exactly what Charlie Dalton, Neil Perry, and Knox Overstreet learned from their experience with Mr. Keating.

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