Significant experiences are moments in life that create change not only in one's present period of
life, but also dramatically alter one's view of the surrounding and
forthcoming events. The impacts of such experiences are the opening of
new doors in life, the realization of possibilities one would have never
imagined sitting right under one's nose and the perception of details one
never thought important before. They mostly temper peoples views of
events, shedding a different hue of light upon them, revealing multiple
possibilities that were once left in shadow. In Dead Poet's society, a
handful of students discover through the exuberance of their English
teacher what kinds of lives they had been leading, and what their lives
could be. One student in particular, Neil Perry, discovers a whole new
world and his life is irreversibly changed as a result of the impact of
his association with Mr. Keating.
drastically changed the day they met Mr. Keating. "Carpe Diem" he told
them. "Seize the day, make you lives extraordinary." With these few
words, Mr. Keating opened the minds of his students to the broad
possibilities that life held for them. The boys learned that they
deserved more than the daily routine, that they were not satisfied with
living up to the expectations of others. As a result, they re-established
the Dead Poet's society, and consequently experienced what they had been
protected from previously. The most significant change wrought from both
the arrival of Mr. Keating and the re-instatement of the Dead Poet's
Society was Neil Perry's change in attitude. He realized what his dreams
were, and to accomplish them, he had to do something he had never dared to
do in the past, disregard the will of his father. Having lived under the
iron rule of an oppressive father his entire life, Neil's spirit was in
danger of smothering to death. The Dead Poet's Society and Mr. K...