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 and cherish them dearly. From the very first day that Mr. Keating had walked into the classroom you could already see that he had an original method of teaching. He came into class whistling, and then proceeded to take the boys outside the classroom to read them a poem, and announced that they can call him 'Captain O' Captain'. His first important lesson was "Carpe Diem", which means seize the day. He also told them to "gather the roses while ye may", because one day you are going to die. He then took them to the showcase to show them pictures of former alumni who were once where they were standing, but they are now dead. He was trying to tell them that everyday opportunities await us and we must de
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