Dead Poet's Society

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DEAD POETS SOCIETY

This movie is about an unconventional English professor named Mr. John Keating. He begins his first year at a prestigious prep school, Wellington Academy, by teaching his students Carpe Diem. Professor Keating's teaching style is anything, but "normal. The English students went back and looked at Keating's high school yearbook and saw that he was a member of the Dead Poets Society. After confronting Professor Keating about the society and finding out what it is, a group of his own students form their own Dead Poets Society.

Meanwhile one of Professor Keating's students, Neil Perry, is struggling to lead his life the way he feels he should. Mr. Perry has a very strict "all work and no play" type of father. After Perry attends Mr. Keating's class and takes Carpe Diem to heart, he decides that he would really enjoy acting. He tries out for a local play and gets the part. Perry's father does not support his involvement in this type of extracurricular activity. Neil Perry's father leads him out of the auditorium after his performance, takes him home, and states that Neil will be enrolled in a military academy the next day. Later that night Neil commits suicide.

Neil's father and the school blames John Keating for Neil's death and work to get him fired. The administration of the school forces the students to sign a paper blaming Mr. Keating. Mr. Keating is released from the school. He comes in during the English class to retrieve some of his personal items. The children stand at the top of their desks and call him "O Captain, My Captain" and explain that they were forced to sign the papers.

This movie is a wonderful story of how much impact a teacher can truly have on a student's life. In order to have this much of an impact on a student, a teacher must be impressive from the first day. On the very first day of school, Mr. Keating entered the classroom whistling and told the students to get up and follow him. Right away Mr. Keating taught the children "Carpe Diem" to seize the day and to go after what is important to them. In Mr. Keating's second lesson he told the students to rip the introduction out of their textbooks. By doing this, Mr.

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