Welton Academy was known for its prestigious teaching but rough and strict education. Their 4 pillars were Tradition‚ Honour‚ Discipline and Excellence. In 1959‚ John Keating‚ an unconventional English literature teacher‚ arrived in the school. The movie demonstrated Mr Keating’s personality and leadership as an alternative to the authority figures. It shows how he deeply influences his students especially‚ Neil Perry‚ Todd Anderson and Charlie Dalton. Mr Keating leadership traits can be discussed
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In the film of “Dead Poets Society” by Peter Weir‚ Conformity and challenging it was a major and a recognizable theme in the film due to the tradition and school’s rules. Conformity is perceived as keeping to accepted rules; it is an action in accord with prevailing social standards‚ practices‚ and etc. Conformity was a powerful theme that was viewed both positively and negatively throughout the film. It is given importance and attention through the characters’ actions and dialogues. The opening
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Traditional or Logical In the movie Dead Poets Society‚ there are many disagreements on how the children should learn. The issue being discussed was everyone believed that the traditional way of teaching was a superior technique of education and the school did not want to change. Once Mr. Keating came into the picture and started teaching in a new way‚ administrators believed he was in the wrong by the way he taught. If the opinion of the students mattered then Mr. Keating’s way
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The Dead Poets Society teaches students to seize the day‚ live their lives‚ and most of all enjoy poetry. In this movie‚ some of the boys go through changes in their personalities. The other boys don’t change though. It’s interesting to see how each character takes this in different ways throughout the movie. Mr. Keating leads the boys in a journey of self discovery. He tells them that all of the men in the photos on the walls were‚ at one time‚ just like them. They were students in school‚ and decided
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Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society takes place in 1959 New England‚ in the distinguished Welton Academy‚ where students are expected to follow tradition and where creativity is shunned. Todd Anderson played by Ethan Hawke is a young reserved boy who is obedient to what he is told. When Mr. Keating becomes his teacher‚ Todd fears his technique and decides to follow authority. Over the progression of the film Todd starts to be inspired by the concept of Carpe Diem or seizing the day and applies it to
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Throughout the movie‚ Dead Poets Society‚ Mr. Keating teaches his students in an incredibly unorthodox manner which is frowned upon by the Welton Academy faculty. The Welton Academy follows a strict curriculum of teaching in order to prepare the students for college. Instead‚ Mr. Keating prepares his students for life‚ teaching them many transcendental ideas and beliefs. He is‚ at heart‚ a transcendentalist‚ because he incorporates several ideas of Thoreau and Emerson into his class‚ as well as many
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Dead Poets Society/Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye and Dead Poets Society are very similar stories. Both deal with the coming of age in the lives of prestigious young men. These two stories also deal with the conformity of these young men in their transition from private boys school to the real world. There are two young men from each of the stories whose lives are alike yet different in some ways. Holden Caufield and Neil Perry are two young men coming of age searching for
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The movie‚ “Dead Poets Society‚” directed by Peter Weir‚ receiving an 8/10 rating on “IMBD”‚ was released in June 2‚ 1989. The main characters in this movie are John Keating‚ played by Robin Williams‚ Neil Perry‚ played by Robert Sean Leonard and Todd Anderson‚ played by Ethan Hawke. This movie is about new English teacher‚ John Keating‚ who arrives at a prep school and he connects to the students using unconventional techniques. The boys face immense pressure from their parents so John Keating
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HUMANITIES BSN I- 01 FILM REACTION PAPER Title: Dead Poets Society Summary/ Main Idea: Neil Perry‚ Todd Anderson‚ Knox Overstreet‚ Charlie Dalton‚ Richard Cameron‚ Steven Meeks‚ and Gerard Pitts are senior students of the Welton Academy‚ an elite prep school‚ whose ethos is defined by the headmaster Gale Nolan as "tradition‚ honor‚ discipline and excellence". The teaching methods of their new English teacher‚ John Keating are unorthodox by Welton standards‚ taking them out of the classroom to focus
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Dead Poets Society and A Separate Peace are similar stories in many ways‚ both stories are also very different in multiple ways. Both stories exists a secret club. The club in A Separate Peace is the Super Suicide Society the equivalent to that in Dead Poets Society is the Dead Poets Society‚ both of these clubs were the basis of rule breaking in the stories. For example the Super Suicide Society went to the tree that was off-limits at Devon in A Separate Peace‚ the only member of this group
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