Character Analysis of Neil Perry from The Dead Poet's Society
Neil Perry
Neil is the confident and popular student, and is well liked by his friend as well as the teachers at the boys-school. He is a person who cares about his friends, especially Todd, his new roommate. He is portrayed, in the film, as a boy with brown hair, fairly good-looking and tall.
In the beginning Neil is inspired by the new English teacher Mr. Keating, who is passionate and interesting, with his ways of teaching and speaking to his students. Mr. Keating teaches his students to “think out of the box” and to “seize the day”. Neil is greatly influenced by this and takes it to the/his heart. Neil is curious about who Mr. Keating was when he attended the school when he was younger. And that leads to the boys discovering “Dead Poets Society”. Neil is the first one to make a move, and re-establish the “Dead Poets Society” and be the “leader” of the group of boys. This shows that Neil is ready to challenge the school's authority and his parents.
Neil is a really good friend with a sense of humour. He is the one making the boys go through the day, joyous and with their heads held high. In the scene where Neil tries to cheer Todd up on his birthday and make the comment “You can feel it. This desk set wants to fly!” shows how much he cares about his friends even though Todd may not feel like he has any friends.
On/At the first meeting of the new re-established “Dead Poets Society” Neil reads out loud from the book, given to him from Mr. Keating.
“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life, and not when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived” - Walden
“Come, my friends, ‘T is not too late to seek a newer world.
For my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and though’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and
Neil is the confident and popular student, and is well liked by his friend as well as the teachers at the boys-school. He is a person who cares about his friends, especially Todd, his new roommate. He is portrayed, in the film, as a boy with brown hair, fairly good-looking and tall.
In the beginning Neil is inspired by the new English teacher Mr. Keating, who is passionate and interesting, with his ways of teaching and speaking to his students. Mr. Keating teaches his students to “think out of the box” and to “seize the day”. Neil is greatly influenced by this and takes it to the/his heart. Neil is curious about who Mr. Keating was when he attended the school when he was younger. And that leads to the boys discovering “Dead Poets Society”. Neil is the first one to make a move, and re-establish the “Dead Poets Society” and be the “leader” of the group of boys. This shows that Neil is ready to challenge the school's authority and his parents.
Neil is a really good friend with a sense of humour. He is the one making the boys go through the day, joyous and with their heads held high. In the scene where Neil tries to cheer Todd up on his birthday and make the comment “You can feel it. This desk set wants to fly!” shows how much he cares about his friends even though Todd may not feel like he has any friends.
On/At the first meeting of the new re-established “Dead Poets Society” Neil reads out loud from the book, given to him from Mr. Keating.
“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life, and not when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived” - Walden
“Come, my friends, ‘T is not too late to seek a newer world.
For my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and though’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and