Dead poets society

Dead Poets Society “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” I believe that this means that people live a life that they do not want to live. They want to do something else with their time but they find themselves stuck because of peer pressure and/or parents. Take Neal Perry for example. His father wanted him to be a doctor and he planned his whole life out for him. And all Neal really wanted to do was act but his dad was totally against it and he found himself torn between doing what makes him happy and what his father wants of him. He was desperate for his dad approval. He begged and he pleaded to his father and when he had not gotten it, he took matters into his own hand, which truly was a tragedy. You can also take Todd Anderson as an example as well. Todd Anderson was a lonely child, he was awkward and painfully shy and he, too, was under pressure by his parents to be something else. He was being pressured to be just like his brother and go to college and be a lawyer. But Todd doesn’t want to be a lawyer, instead, he want to be a writer. But he doesn’t have the courage to tell his parents this out of fear of disappointing them. Both Neal and Todd want to be something that they’re parents would not approve of therefore they have to live this this life that they’re parents want from them but they don’t actually want it themselves. This hints the quote “most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Mr. Keating was trying to tell the students that they have a mind of their own and that they should be able to think for themselves. He tell s them that they have to learn to think for themselves. He tries to get them to see things from different perspectives. He radiates non- conformity and freedom and he want his students to do the same, to not settle. That this is their lives and that they only live it once. He wants them to find their voice. He says, “The longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.” He wants them to live the life that