Dead Poets Society

             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...

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