Charlie Dalton And Mr John Keating example essay topic

"Dead Poets Society" directed by Peter Weir shows a story about few students of Welton Academy in Vermont which are encourage by their new English teacher to be individualistic. Think for them own and have their own opinion. The movie opens with a start of a new school year at Welton Academy. At the chapel the headmaster makes his speech bearing the words Traditions, honor, Discipline and Excellence. At this point a new English teacher is presented to the students, Mr. Keating played by Robin Williams.

The main characters in this movie are 17 year old boys, Neil Perry (Robert Sean Lenard), Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke), Knox Overstreet, Charlie Dalton and Mr. John Keating. The main focus of the movie is the way Mr. Keating is preaching boys about 'seizing the day' (Carpe Diem). He analyzes his students until he can determine their needs and see through their defenses. Keating sizes up the boys' attitudes and problems and then openly teases the kids about them.

He wants his students to think for themselves - his way, of course. The pretty young 'men' are tough to be free thinkers and how to think for yourselves. Each of them is given a character trait, more or less. Noel Perry, the bright kid with the demanding dad, decides he wants to be an actor, despite the rigid plans his father has for him. Noel's roommate Todd (Ethan Hawke) is going to be a writer, but right now he's too shy to express himself. And Finally Charlie Dalton (Gale Hansen) is a preppy looking son of a rich family, who has a great passion for a local girl.

And so on. The other guys aren't nearly as differentiated. Peter Weir's film maker focuses often on poetry, and there are brief quotations from Tennyson, Walt Whitman and even Rachel Lindsay, as well as a brave excursion into prose that takes us as far as Thoreau's Walden. None of these writers are studied, just the respect to their language is noticed, and their works are only used for slogans to encourage the students toward more personal freedom. The producer also included classical, and I must say very appropriate music in the movie. That when we hear it just seems to be right, on the spot.

The language used here is strong, old English. And as mentioned before some quotations from poems are used. The music, poems and language presented in this movie give it a very classical touch. Which gives a really good picture of a boys Academy overall. It just looks like everybody would imagine it to be. I really enjoyed watching this movie and I recommend it to everybody.

It makes people / viewers think and wander about themselves and their actions.