In Mr. Keating’s first class he starts out by telling the boys they can call him “ Oh captain, my captain” and having the boys go out into the hall to look at all the trophies from boys of the past. While admiring the accomplishments from the …show more content…
He gets very upset, not only did Neil disobeyed him by doing an extracurricular activity, but he found out from someone other than his son. Mr. Perry tells him to quit the play, even though it is the next day. Neil goes to talk to Mr. Keating about what to do, Mr. Keating tells him to do what he wants and seize the day. He decides to go to the play and he is great! His father goes to watch his play only to take him home and remove him from Welton Academy. When his family goes to bed he commits suicide.
The school is immediately informed and are told that Mr. Keating is at fault. The dead poet society is evaluated, all the students are brought in one by one for questioning. Cameron tells the headmaster everything, after he does the other boys also begin telling him all about the dead poet society getting Mr. Keating fired.
The life lesson I choose was Carpe diem. It showed the boys to seize the day and to not let others tell you how to live your life. The boys accomplished this throughout the entire movie, but especially in the end when Todd stands up on his desk risking getting kicked out of the academy, to tell Mr. Keating that they were forced to say the things they did and that he was an excellent teacher who will not be