Dead Poet's Society

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It is infuriating to have a father breathing down your neck and I can relate to Neil Perry on this matter but going as far as to killing yourself to escape your father is not the way to go. In Dead Poets Society, John Keating, the teacher keeps on telling his students to seize the day (Carpe Diem). It very different then what the school, Welton Academy, would have the students do. In Welton Academy, the students are expected to study hard, get good grades, get into a prestigious University, get a well-paying job, get married, and have children who you will raise in the same way. Welton Academy has a one size fits all philosophy and John Keating shows his students the pitfalls of this philosophy in his very first class, when the students are looking at old school photos, that you are going to die one day regretting not making much of your life. …show more content…

Near the end of the movie, Dead Poets Society, Neil just like Charlie does not get the message that John Keating is trying to get across. Neil Perry wants to “seize the day” and do acting but his dad does not allow him to do theater, and Neil gets so upset that he kills himself. In Neil’s view he cannot live life to the fullest, so why not just kill yourself. The movie, Dead Poets Society, makes it clear that we should at the very least “seize the day” by cherishing it because there will be a day that opportunity will present

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