I will be honest, I was excited that I was able to watch a movie and write about it. I screamed in excitement when the assignment said I could write about the Dead Poet’s Society. One of my all-time favorite movies. I have seen that move over twenty times! Enough of the fangirling. The Dead Poet’s Society is about an English teacher who is introduced to Welton Academy which is known for its high standards and traditions. John Keating, the English teacher’s teaching actually go against the school’s beliefs. His teachings throughout the movie help the boys break out of their shells, help them break out of the pressures from the school and their family life and to pursue their dreams. This movie is a perfect example of leadership because it had …show more content…
Mr. Keating tries to remind them that the world is theirs and they can do whatever it is they want. During the Dead Poet meeting. Charlie and Neil have conflicts on how the group should be run, but Neil reminds them it is not about girls, but about poetry. Mr. Nolan tries to discipline and remind the boys of the four pillars and to follow the rules. It is sometimes conflicting when three of leaders are trying to prove their points. This helps because sometimes people need to be reminded of the goals and it is they want to achieve. Leaders help guide others. In the Harvard Business Review, it is said “the first priority of leadership is to engage the right people, at the right times, to the right degree in creative work. That engagement starts when the leader recasts the role of employees. Rather than roll up their sleeves and execute top-down strategy, everyone must contribute imagination” (2008). The person who was a good leader in the movie was Mr. Keating because he was the one to help the boys break out if their shells and to understand what they wanted in life, which would then help them to be successful in life. In the end, that cost him his job due to the death of one of his students who took his advice. He is even a good leader to not only the characters but touches the heart of those who watch the movie. I loved this movie and took heart to Mr. Keating’s carpe diem, seize the day. It also made me want to be a poet when I was younger and helped me to understand how to follow my
It appears appropriate to discuss the film using Peck's ideas on love and discipline since "The Dead Poets Society" involves numerous instances where individual interests, driven by love, come into conflict with discipline invoked by the proponents of social conservation and conformity. It is the situation where the older generation intends to exercise control over the younger one through what it sees as discipline, while at the same time failing to see that the real reason behind the acting out done by the younger generation is not the need to rebel but rather the desire to find their own way in life, to explore the future according to their own interests, while at the same time seeking approval from the older generation towards which the younger one often feels nothing but love.
Keating is very adamant about how his students need to be their own person in a society that tells them not to. He is a huge inspiration to his students, especially Neil, and impacts all of their lives in a unique way. Neil has a father which represents society as a whole on the youth of today. He tries to force his son down a one-way street and for many years Neil complied, but once Mr. Keating opened his eyes to poetry and the beauty of life Neil had a new view on things. He always tells them to find their own voice and to express it to the world, and he tells them how poetry is a profession of emotion. The students recreate the Dead Poets Society as the story goes on and Mr. Keating gets a quote from poetry which compares life to this powerful play to which people can contribute a verse to. He asks them what will their verse be. He is encouraging the students to speak out and be their own person to make a change in the
The movie, Dead Poets Society truly captures the essence of the conformities that children are facing. The difference is letting the hourglass run out of time, or making the best of time, facing tough challenges along the way. Todd Anderson makes the best out of his time thanks to the teaching of Mr. Keating, his beloved English teacher. From a misunderstood adolescent to a courageous man, Todd shows his true colors and releases the inferior thoughts stirring up in his developing, young body. In the end, romanticism crushes idealism with power and envy, showing the eye-opening ways that a teacher can contribute to such a tightly wound academy such as Welton.
In this film The Welton is a traditional educational institution. The students, especially the main character Neil Perry is expected to perform at a high level. Neil’s father has high expectations for him and has went through a lot to get him into the institution. The overall intent of this film is to get the students in a traditional setting to break away from conformity. The intent is also for viewers of the film to believe in what they want and do whatever they put their minds to. Also to get them to dig deep into the realism and romanticism of poetry. To find creativity within themselves and find some passion and creativity they haven’t seen before. They find solitude in poetry and within the “Dead Poet’s Society”. An old group their teacher
In the movie Dead Poets Society by Peter Weir and Tom Schulman, Neil Perry, Todd Anderson, Knox Overstreet, Charlie Dalton, Richard Cameron, and Steven Meeks are seniors in the Welton Academy. This academy is a prestigious prep school with a strong tradition, expectation, discipline, and honor. The students are expected to behave as well as focus on learning. Later in the school year, the students meet Mr. Keating, their new English teacher and they experience a new style of teaching which changes their lives and outlook forever. Mr. Keating possess traits that are different from other teachers in the school because he believes the students should have their own choice in order to pursue their own dream and they should not be force to follow
The Film “Dead Poet Society” provides us with many examples of both these concepts from the school’s traditional method of banking concept educating, to a new teacher 's, John Keating, demonstration of a problem-poser methodology of educating the
“Dead Poet’s Society” is a film set in the late fifties at a prestigious school for boys called the Welton Academy. The story focuses on an unorthodox English teacher and his impact upon his students, especially a group of seven boys. The primary focus of this film, in my opinion, is the theme of coming of age. The film itself highlights many important and relevent issues that teenagers face in the process of trying to find out who they are as a person. The students are constantly pressured to conform by adults throughout most of the film. Although these adults are only trying to help the boys, it is important that they figure themselves out and develop their own way of thinking. When the boys realize this, they grow up themselves. The character of Todd is a fantastic example of this. Throughout most of the film, this shy boy is ultimately unwilling and reluctant to go against what he is told. When Neil commits suicide, he begins to see the world in a very different way and understands that sometimes questioning the decisions and regulations accepted by society is necessary.
When deciding what movie to do for this particular paper I faced a few issues. I knew what the requirements were, but I wanted something different and something I could have fun watching and writing as well. So, after looking around and pondering movies for weeks I finally decided on a perfect choice The 60’s directed by Mark Piznarski?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Dead Poet Society explore the struggle for independence through characters who are subject to an environment in which they are rewarded for their conformity. Dead Poet Society outlines the complications of young students at Welton Academy after a respected English teacher named Mr. Keating inspires them to seize the day. However, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest explore the events that transpire in a mental institute after an exceedingly ‘difficult’ patient arrives and the impact this has on Chief Bromden. Both texts critically explore the struggle for independence.
Dead Poet Society is a film directed by Peter Weir that tells the story of a group of youth who are stuck living the way their strict parents and conformist boarding school wants them to. Their lives are forever changed after meeting the new zany English teacher, Mr. Keating, who sheds new light on poetry and prompts them to “seize the day”. After a series of events including forbidden club meetings where poetry is read aloud, the characters must face challenges and ultimately, find their own voice. What makes this film so truly remarkable is the exemplary use of literature as each poem, whether they know it at the time or not, symbolizes the depth each character has. Puck’s closing speech in A Midsummers Night’s Dream recited by Neil Perry, one of the young men in the film, is no exception.
"The Dead Poet’s Society" is a movie about a group of kids. The conflict, characters, plot and theme are very interesting. So now I am going to tell you a little about it.
Film Review of Dead Poets Society Dead Poets Society explores the conflict between realism and romanticism as these contrasting ideals are presented to the students at an all boys preparatory school. Welton Academy is founded on tradition and excellence and is bent on providing strict structured lessons prescribed by the realist, anti-youth administration. John Keating is a new English teacher with a passion for poetry. When he returns to his own strict childhood school to teach, his unconventional methods quickly prove to be inspirational to a group of students. He inspires them to pursue their desires and live life to the fullest.
In Dead Poets Society, John Keating becomes the new English teacher at Welton Academy, an esteemed school rooted in tradition, after attending as a student years ago. He teaches using an unconventional style which is different from the traditional English curriculum, and in the process, he exposes the students to a new perspective on the subject and principles for living life. Keating encourages free-thinking and condemns the textbook which prevents the students from thinking for themselves. Other individuals, including the principal, Mr. Nolan, disagree with his unconventional method of teaching and prefer that he follow a traditional method of teaching through an English textbook. The lessons that Mr. Keating presents the students reflect the transcendentalist beliefs of Ralph Waldo Emerson found in “Self-reliance” and influence the students to become more independent thinkers.
Dead Poets Society, a movie set in Welton Academy, a rigorous and elite all-boys private school, brings to life the philosophy of transcendentalism through its characters. The philosophy, which believes a person needs to find their individual, unique self and not allow the conformist ways of society to hamper the ability to have self-reliance, is introduced by Mr. Keating, the new English teacher who, through his distinctive teaching methods, exemplifies the transcendentalist idea and breathes life into it. His personification of this philosophy is not only readily welcomed by the boys, but acted upon, consequently impacting his students in a profound manner.
After considering the aforementioned traits of Dead Poet’s Society, one can only wonder why someone would argue that this was not one of the greatest movies of all time.