Dead Poets Society

The "Dead Poets Society" is a heart-touching and mind-blowing experience that exemplifies the dangers of non-conformity. Being a non-conformist in any society in any era is always dangerous. People will view the non-conformist in a different light. But as a non-conformist, the duty of being and individual does not lay heavy as a grievance upon ones shoulders. It is an honor to be away from the conformity, to break apart from the petty rules and regulations of society. In "Dead Poets Society" the four main students are thrust into Welton Academy for Boys, a school in which the motto's are "Tradition, Discipline, and Excellence." The arrival of Mr. Keating send the boys into a non-conformist uproar. Suddenly the Dead Poets Society is reformed and it is the students perfect haven from the rules Welton Academy has burdened upon them. And truth be told with the start of a club that promotes being an individual the school goes into a whirlwind of non-conformist breaking the bonds that Welton Academy has held onto for so long.


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Mr. Keating is the main non-conformist in the film. His teachings towards the students show them a different light of the world and how being different or an individual is not necessarily a bad thing like Welton Academy portrays it to be. The teachings of seizing the day, finding your own walk, and just encouraging the boys to do what the heart really desires shows not only the bravery of the teacher but the passion that the teacher has for the students. Mr. Keating knew of the consequences. Welton Academy did not tolerate being different. Everything must and always will be the same. Proper and undisturbed at the slow moving pace it has always continued on. Risking his job and even his reputation Keating still pursues on to teach the boys no matter what deadly end he will face. By saving the boys from the conformists of their society he is risking himself to their persuasive and repetitive ways. And yes, in the end Mr. Keating is indeed withdrawn from his teaching position but all in all it does not matter. He gave those four boys and so many others the chance to be and individual. To prove they are worth more then what their administrators and parents want them to be. Without Mr. KEating those boys would have never learned the real and true meaning of "Carpe Diem!".