Dead Poets Society (movie)

The movie of Dead Poets Society talk about a profesor that makes the difference in a institution were control and order was the only way of teaching. Mr. Keating was that professor that change the perspective of the students and makes them to fall in love with poetry. However, he was not a traditional professor and that was a problem to the school. Mr. Keating was totally different professor from other classes; he teaches poetry using sports and walking outside the classroom. His class was relaxed and that was the defense because the students were exited about it they did not feel obligated. For my experience literature classes (not this year) was mostly the same, they try to put everything for one perspective; everything is definitions and a lot of boring books that I read years ago. Mr. Keating was more that a teacher for those students, he was a role model. This class makes a partnership “the dead poets society” that makes this group of friends more close to each other, more than they real parents. This friendship was powerful and encourages each other to be part of something else. For example Neil encourages Todd to participate in the Dead Poets Socity.

This new experience makes the boys change in some many ways like Neil was following his dream and let it go all his fears about not be the perfect student that dreams to be a doctor; Todd was shy in the beginning of the movie and then he was the first rebel student that was standing in the table of the classroom. This kind of changes was very difficult to them because Welton was a school of boys that represent the best students ever. We can compare Chris’ school that was mix (boys and girls) and Welton: Chis school was normal and Welton was very strict in every aspect.

Mr. Keating was the captain (Oh Captain, my Captain) of the internal journey of this students. For example Todd a super shy student and Keating makes him improve a poem in front of the class, Keating help him to let out his talents and makes feel Todd like a very special student when he thought that he was nothing important. In the other hand the captain choose to be silent when Neil said that his father knows about the play because he is just a guide not his father. However his mother stay in silent when her son was suffering. When something like that happens to me in life I prefer to stay in silent sometimes you don’t understand the full complication of the situation, I can understand the point of view of Keating. Also I can relate to Keating reaction because he was his teacher and teachers have this line of personal problems that they can’t pass. Maybe I’m old fashion but if a professor is to close to you he can’t teach you that well because he will be supporting you in a lot of stuff, teacher should be a little strict, it’s the only way the student can respect the class.
           Nail suicide was an exaggeration because there was other options like at the age of 18 he can do whatever he wants and start his career as an actor. I try to understand why he did that but I can’t, but if I were in a depression like he was I probably can’t think that clear as I can think right now. Something that I did not like was that the school was searching for someone to blame about this tragedy. The only person that we can blame (apart of Nail, it was a suicide not a homicide) is Mr. Perry with “You’re going to Harvard, you are going to be a doctor”. Maybe this could work on Nail before Mr. Keating class, but it’s was too late, Nail at the end of the movie was a free thinker. He prefer to suicide than be something that he is not. Mr. Keating was nothing but a good mentor and he lost his job. After all the boys sign a document incriminating Mr. Keating. From my point of view I would not sing the document because they own all the freedom that they had to Mr. Keating. The professor teaches more than poetry he was teaching about life and honor. Part of have honor is to be loyal to all those things that they learned as a student in the class of Mr. Keating. Teach poetry or any kind of literature needs passion because art needs to be like that, full of freedom. We can learn to be free, it’s no easy but music, literature and poetry can help us in the journey.