Neil Perry Dead Poets Society Analysis

Authority Kills Individuality Throughout time, there has been an higher class, and a lower class. One group of people telling another group of people what to do, how to do things, and what they cannot do. This is especially apparent in places such as schools, work, and even at home. Between teachers, bosses, and parents the inferior group is always being told what to do, rarely getting to express their own opinions. Authority prevents people from being who they truly are. The first place that one’s individuality is usually weakened is at home. Parents will always tell kids how to live their life, or tell them not to follow their dreams because it will not make enough money. A perfect example of this is in Dead Poets Society, when Neil Perry starts to act. Even though that is what makes him happy, his dad won’t let him do it. He says that it is a waste of his talent, and that he is going to become a doctor. Neil knows that he wants to be an actor, but his father prevents him from chasing his dreams. His dad even goes to the extreme and threatens to send Neil to military school where all hopes of acting would be crushed. This is just one of many examples where parents prevent their children from exploring
Yes, there has to be some sort of order in the classroom, but teachers rarely let their students express how they feel about certain topics. The teachers, besides Mr. Keeting, in Dead Poet Society, expected the kids stay quiet and just absorb the information. They never asked for their opinion, which is basically telling the kids that they do not have the right to have an opinion that is different from what other people think. This type of teaching is only breading boring replicas of the same set of views. If the world is wanting to innovate and evolve, there needs to be a new way of thinking. Sadly, teachers restrict kids from having their own opinion and thinking