Mr. Keating, an English teacher, comes to a private all boys Eastern school where he is put in charge of a class full of many diverse personalities.
The school has high expectations of their students, almost all of which graduate and go on to ivy league universities.
Mr. Keating has a very unusual way of teaching, and uses inspiration and unique ways to teach his class to motivate the boys to acquire a deeper understanding of English.
-Main character, Todd, is constantly controlled by his parents, who decide his future and the classes he
takes, and have little respect for classes such as English, that have nothing to do with going to medical school.
- Mr. Keating faces a lot of opposition from other teachers at the school because of his unique methods of teaching, which involve singular thinking
- Free thinking and taking charge of ones own life is the key to education.
-A group of boys starts the Dead Poets society, a group that reads poetry at night. The society becomes a break from life in the boys lives, and allows them to better understand themselves.
- Todd becomes increasingly interested in poetry overtime, and unravels a passion for the arts. His family disapprove, and keep restricting him from following his interests.
- The climax of the movie is when Todd performs Midsummer Nights Dream, and is encouraged by Mr. Keating to act. Todd finds joy and stress relief from his schooling, and finds joy when he acts in the Shakespearean play. Todd begins to entertain the ideas of not going to medical school, but his family forces him.
- Todd acts in the play, and realizes that wants to be an actor and feels like he finally has purpose in his life, but his father informs him that that is not possible.
- Todd believes that his father will never let him do what he wants, and in desperation commits suicide.
This greatly impacts the school and depresses his friends.
- Afterwards, Todds family files complaints against Mr. Keating, and Mr. Keating is dismissed; However, when he is about to leave the English class salutes him by standing up and calling him Captain my Captain, and Mr. Keating leaves.
- This movie reveals a lot about the pressure kids are under to succeed, and sometimes a great teacher can inspire and relief stress in children, and reveal to them that they are full of possibilities and do not need to be what their parents want of them, but what they want to be.
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