The risks and rewards to following one’s own path in life is clearly shown in the film‚ Dead Poets’ Society‚ by Neil and Mr. Keating. These characters were both rewarded and faced consequences after following their own rules. Neil was rewarded for doing what he loved‚ which was acting‚ when he received the main role in the play and made a great performance. By performing in the play‚ he risked his father being unsupportive of him. Unfortunately‚ after his performance‚ his father was infuriated and
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Jiwa The Dead Poets Society March 29th‚ 2012 1-2 In the movie The Dead Poets Society‚ a very unique and out of the ‘norm’ teacher‚ known by the name of Mr. Keating‚ teaches boys at Welton boarding school about more than just school work-he teaches them about life. For this reason‚ Mr. Keating was most definitely an effective teacher. One of the many reasons why Mr. Keating was an effective teacher was because he helped Todd Anderson-a shy‚ quiet student‚ come
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The movie “Dead Poets Society” has a recurring theme of being outgoing and assertive with yourself. One quote in particular stands above the rest to me. “Sucking all the marrow out of life doesn’t mean choking on the bone.” Mr. Keating. My gut tells me that the quote is about when you take life for granted‚ then you will end up being stuck in a rut. Basically‚ if the this makes it easier to understand‚ imagine a large glass of water as life. If you drink it too fast or have to much you will most
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attempts or rebellion towards the culprit. Through Neil and Todd‚ characters in the film‚ Dead Poets Society‚ it is visible that their parents’ expectations‚ lack of emotion and sentiment towards their children and dominance are derived as problems parental attitudes can create for children. An apparent parental issue presented by Todd are the expectations established by his parents. As Todd’s brother was successful with high achievements‚ Todd was forced to undergo pressure and face the views that
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Passionate Consequences Who has thought a death of a student could dispel all acquaintances relating with the said student? “Dead Poets Society” by Peter Weir‚ addresses poetry students forming a lost cause‚ but eventually the members fall apart and cause the downfall of the group. Despite Mr. Keating’s influence on the students‚ especially Neil‚ there could be another cause of Neil’s suicide. Mr. Keating’s intention is obviously preventing Neil to think he is worthless because of his father’s actions
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Leadership Analysis: Dead Poet’s Society Leadership is defined as the ability to guide‚ direct or influence people‚ but it is much more than that. There are many ways to merely guide or direct. A leader is someone whose personality helps them to guide a group of people in a direction they believe is desirable. People want to follow the leader‚ but they are perfectly free not to. A leader guides people by the infectious nature of their vision. Leadership and authority are not the same thing
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‘Carpe Diem!’‚ literally translating to seize the day‚ is a concept most in the film Dead Poets Society attempt to adhere to. Set in 1959‚ the boys take this latin mantra to heart after being first introduced to it by Mr Keating. This then becomes the prime factor of motivation for most‚ if not all‚ of their actions in the film. Although the outcomes are positive on occasion‚ with an unbiased mind‚ their physical actions and choices would easily be seen as selfish and naive. As an example‚ throughout
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Literary Essay – Dead Poets Society Bill Beattie once said‚ “The aim of education should be to teach us how to think rather than what to think – rather to improve our minds‚ so as to enable us to think for ourselves‚ than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” All too often‚ however‚ individual thoughts are crushed by the powerful weight of conformity. In the film Dead Poets Society‚ conformity exercises it’s influence and the results prove disastrous
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The movie‚ Dead Poets Society‚ has proven one of the teachings of G.W.F. Hegel that I’ve learned from my Philosophy class last semester--Poetry is the end of art because it is capable of communicating what is in our spirit and soul. The line of Mr. John Keating‚ "We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine‚ law‚ business‚ engineering‚ these are noble pursuits and
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“Independence” in The Chocolate War and Dead Poet Society People in life have their own opinion on how they make their decision. It is very rare to have a lot of people having the same opinion as others. An independent person would have the freedom of control or influence him/her or the others. People in life need a breakthrough and make their right decision that could affect the rest of their life. Jerry in The Chocolate War and Neil Perry in Dead Poet Society went through tough decisions to make
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