Dead Poets Society

The movie: Dead Poet Society, has really stricken ailment and beautifulness upon my life. The cast wonderfully depicted a marvelous interpretation of a well-structured, powerful message. Robin Williams, who played the role of “Mr. Keating”, “Oh captain, my captain”, really outdid himself.

It was Mr. Keating who inspired and bettered the life of his students amidst his teachings through an english literature course in Welton Academy. He inspired his students to love poetry and to recognize that proper communication is crucial when dealing with yourself and with others.

Mr. Keating was a profoundly intelligent, wise and a well versed man who meant well and sincerely knew how to better the lives of the people who surrounded him. A clear example of his sagacity resides in how he stimulated Todd Anderson to flourish. He knew that Todd just needed a bit of faith thrust upon him. At the end when Mr. Keating was collecting his personals, Todd was the first to stand on top of the desk and claim: "Oh captain, my captain." It reminded me of the lesson Mr. Keating instilled in his students: "I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way."

Mr. Keating also impacted Neil's life. While in his office, Mr. Keating participated in a conversation with Neil the same day the latter’s father didn’t permit him to act in the play; it really blew me away. It was illuminating to hear how Mr. Keating’s advice was so powerful. He verbalized and demonstrated that he loved to teach and that it was a joy to live a life where he lived doing what he loved. He postulated how Neil had to tell the truth about his feelings. It all ended in a lamentable situation, but one gets to appreciate how Neil faced his father and tells him the truth about his own passion towards acting.

Thankfully, Neil and Todd weren't the only students transformed to a state of uniqueness and realness. Knox also demonstrated great courage. There’s a scene where Mr. Keating assigned the class to write an original poem and read it in front of the class. In this dynamic the movie’s audience could clearly perceive how Knox was already in love with Chris Noel. Again, he inspired a student to follow what the latter loves, to Carpe Diem, to seize the day. Knox even went to Chris’s school with a few flowers in his hands and a poem he read to her in front of a few students of her pedagogical institution. Nonetheless, later on he went with her to the acting play Neil participated in. Knox learned to communicate his ideas effectively; he acted with boldness and courage. He made a few presumptuous decisions, but he really seized the day, and it was Mr. Keating who greatly inspired Knox to harmonize his life with what he loves.

I’ve reasserted a few beneficent and stimulating ideas while enjoying the movie: “There’s a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.” “You must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.” "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." Don't be resigned to that. Break out!.”

It established the importance of emanating uniqueness and originality: “Now, we all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular, even though the herd may go, [imitating a goat] "that's baaaaad." Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in the woods and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

All of the previously mentioned quotes are from Mr. Keating. This illustrates how he had an unmatched homeostasis in his spiritual life, and how he had the skill to exteriorize his wonderfulness and share it with the world.

DPS is truly a magnificent piece of art. It makes one notice that where there’s love there’s happiness, and that it’s all about having a great time living your life. It’s all about inciting in others the fervent yearn to make life extraordinary. Carpe Diem, live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.