How Does Mr Keating Change The Dead Poets Society

The Dead Poet Society directed by Peter Weir, is about a teacher who introduces a secret society to a young group of boys. The young boys attend a strict boarding school, where the boys have no free will. The Dead Poet Society change the boys life indefinitely. John Keating, who introduces the Dead Poet Society, changes the boys lives for the worse. John Keating makes the boys more confident and cause them to act out, he makes the boys dream of the impossible, and taught the boys about “Carpe Diem”.

Mr. Keating made his students more confident by encouraging them to read and write poetry, which in the end made the students act out. Charlie Dalton was Mr. Keating most loyal follower. Charlie becomes extremely rebellious and disobeyed the academy. At the end of the movie, Charlie is

Keating encouraged the boys to dream. When Mr. Keating introduced the Dead poet society he encouraged the boys to write and present there poems. He gave them a platform to present there ides which gave them more confidence. These especially effect Neil Perry. Neil was seen as the leader of the dead poets society. The secret society eventually inspired him to become an actor. He auditioned for a play even though he knew that it would go against his fathers beliefs, but he still wanted to try and follow his dream. When he got the part, he pretended to be his father and write a letter telling the school that he was allowed to take part in this play. Later as the plot develops, his father finds out about Neil acting in the play. He tells his son Neil that he is forbidden to act in the play and he must quit. Neil does not want to listen to his father. Neil kills himself because he is not allowed to follow his dream. Mr. Keating’s encouragement to follow their dream caused Neil to commit suicide. If Mr. Keating did not encourage Neil to dream, he still would have been alive. In this specific case, it is obvious that Mr. Keating changed Neil’s life for the