Dead Poets Society
Sometimes in life people can come along and touch our lives in unexpected ways. When a movie is produced in such a way as to depict events like this it is classified as a drama. The dictionary definition of a drama is a situation of events involving interesting or intense conflicts of forces. Now any good drama must contain numerous interesting aspects as well as conflicts. This was the case with Mr. Keating and the boys in the movie The Dead Poets Society. This drama is by far among the greatest movies I have ever watched. The main character Mr. Keating, a professor at an all boys school, taught the boys in his class so many lessons that they would have never have learned from another teacher. Looking at scenes from the movie, and lines from the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, we can see just how important the lessons were that Keating was attempting to teach the boys. By illustrating points such as Keating's philosophy on seizing the day, walking in your own way and never living your life for someone else you can see why some of life's most valuable lessons are learned from the most unusual places as well as why this is such a great drama.Mr. Keating reminded the boys to seize each day
" Neill's father may not understand why Neill wants to live his life that way, but Emerson said that some of the greatest people were misunderstood, like Pythagoras, Socrates, Jesus, Luther, Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. This took place in the scene where he took them all out into the courtyard and told them to start walking. No matter what, you should always do what you believe, and maintain your individuality no matter what people say, or tell you to do. Keating taught the boys so much more then poetry. This idea is related with something Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person 'always do what you are afraid to do'". Keating taught them the great lesson of living your life for yourself, and not for anyone else. It didn't matter to him what Neill wanted, he was forcing him to live his dream, instead of his own. Then he told them all to walk their own way. Another great mind, Whitman, once said in the poem, "Song of Myself", "I celebrate myself, and sing myself. Thus, you can see that at the same time as teaching them poetry, Keating taught the boys some of life's most important lessons. His father thought he was doing what was best for Neill when really he was only forcing him to live a life he didn't want to live, which led to his suicide. He had a passion for acting that he father disapproved of. He was trying to tell them that everyday opportunities await us and we must decide whether to take a chance, or play it safe.
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