Dead Poet's Society, By John Seale

We all face life-changing worth opportunities in lives. It is our choice to take the chance or not. In the Dead Poets Society, some students took Mr. Keating’s lesson to become who they are, stand for what they believe in, and dare themselves to achieve what they want. However, the others chose not to take the risk of getting in trouble or going out of their boundaries. Todd Anderson, Neil Perry, and Knox Overstreet followed Mr. Keating’s teaching and changed their whole lives, while Richard Cameron remained the same.

When we have strong love for others, we take risks, we go against our beliefs, we put ourselves in danger, and we let our loved ones go. Without love, there would be none of that. In this book, The Dead and the Gone, written by Susan Beth Pfeffer, a comet smashes the moon closer to earth and it creates all sorts of problems. Alex, a teenage boy with two sisters, starts a long journey of survival and risks. This story is so realistic, at times was hard to read. You start to ask yourself these tough questions, like what you would do in a specific situation. Through out the whole story, love is definitely a recurring theme. It shows you how well love can hold a family is distress together.

The movie Dead Poet Society was released in 1989 and is directed by Peter Weir. The story was set in Welton Academy, a boy’s boarding school in Vermont. It takes place in the summer of 1959 when Todd Anderson and his peers begin their first day of school.

insight into his life and personality that he is not aware of giving. While the poet

Every story has its own taste: sweet, bitter, sour, hot, creamy, plain, etc. Some storytellers like to stick to one flavor throughout a whole story, while others might prefer to create their work by mixing some flavors together. In Jesus’ Son, Denis Johnson creates a story that has the mixed feelings of darkness, desperation, compassion, and humor. This is a story about a man, refers to as Fuckhead, in his early twenties drowning in drugs, wondering from place to place with other junkie friends, making awful life choices, behaving like a naïve kid, but still seeking for redemption and meaning. This book consists several short stories about death, pain, and hope. Denis Johnson shows readers the great desperation through the damaged and

Through books, authors often try to communicate messages about society, or predict what will happen to it. Through their literature, they explore the different aspects of what their community is comprised of, and shed light on certain subjects that would otherwise be left untouched by the minds of readers. Similarly, movies share these messages with the masses, and make it more accessible to the community. Oftentimes, directors use the cinema to paint a picture of what life is like, or what life will be like. Through these two different fields, artists are able to share their knowledge with their audience, and audiences are able to soak up this knowledge, and relate to it. In Always Running, a memoir written by Luis Rodriguez, he shares an

The thought is exciting and daunting and every other electrifying synonym, a bizarre concept considering I never once imagined myself at a university surrounded by other like-minded, confoundedly optimistic individuals. I reminisce about the hazy evenings of miniature me struggling to keep my colossal handycam steady while trying to capture the sunset and think maybe I was safer then, sheltered by my gullibility and inexperience. I know it’s all malarkey, and my fervid conscience would never forgive me if I didn’t reach for higher ground. The journey has already been wondrous and spellbinding, but how exhilarating is the notion of possibly one day triggering someone else’s love for cinema the same way I was transfixed — to turn someone’s black and grey thoughts into some pink and purple

Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you grew up in a boarding school? In A Separate Peace Gene and Finny are best friends at The Devon School. They are faced with a lot of challenges. They struggle with school, friends, work, and war and they have to deal with the effects of their choices. In “A Dead Poet’s Society” Neil Perry and his group of friends entire into Welton Academy, worried that they won’t live up to the teachers and, most importantly, their parents standards. Everything at the school is clean cut and by the book, but things change when the new english professor introduces some unorthodox teaching methods. Despite bearing some minor similarities, the differences between “A Dead Poet’s Society” and A Separate Peace are striking.

Mr. Keating for the Win Dead Poets Society is about a new English teacher, Mr. Keating, at a boys prep school. Mr. Keating uses strange methods to teach his students. Throughout the movie he is helping his students come out of their shells, pursue their dreams, and seize the day. Some may ask “Would a teacher like Mr. Keating be successful with parents, colleagues, and students today?” With today's modern society, Mr. Keating would do well with most.

I see my hometown: a suburban hub for Latinos, a buzzing hive of frustrated parents driving too far for work, a busy intersection of dancing teenagers struck by cars; I also see a community of people who appreciate the smoggy view of our nearby mountains, one that collectively graffitis the rocks, marking territory, challenging the world. I see gossiping students, their homes, locked rooms of painful misunderstanding shared by young siblings. I see parents return home late, sighing. I do not despair in what I see: my long-separated parents, my five siblings divided by state lines. I do not wallow in words of comfort, in subtle cinema. I instead embrace the manifestations as a writer, journalist and film director, capturing what I see: a world

My life has been dramatically changed since I have learned the art form of film production. Through film I have the ability to transform words, scenery and voices into motion pictures that will never be forgotten. Everything about the art of film making captivates me and I have become completely engrossed with every facet of the process. Similarly, the power of imagery is unlike any other and when combined with stories the outcome is fascinating. Thus, learning film production will give me the opportunity to touch lives through story telling. For example, as a production assistant at Silverlake Church, I have witnessed how our live broadcasts reach large

According to the Oxford Dictionary progression is defined as “A movement or development toward a destination or a more advanced state, especially gradually or in stages.” The amount progression or change that the students authorized to seep into their lives played a significant role in their place at the end of the film. The students that attended Welton Academy in Peter Weir’s 1989 film, Dead Poets Society all had contrasting levels of character progression, varying from indistinguishable to momentus, whether it was Todd who made very discernible progress, or Dalton and Knox who remained mostly unwavered. Three characters that fall on complete opposite ends of the spectrum with respect to overall character progression include: Todd Anderson, Charles Dalton, and Knox Overstreet.

Days go by and moments vanish in a flash which means these moments and days matter. People comprehend life is fleeting and only get to live what they are given, therefore living life to the fullest is a common idea in the minds of individuals around the world. Numerous music artists and movie producers illustrate this idea of living life to the fullest in their work. Correspondingly, in the hit song, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, living the numbered days one is given is a reoccurring theme brought up throughout the duration of the song. Tears for Fears, the writers of this song explain that this is the only life given and there’s no turning back, so strive to “rule the world” in a sense. Equally, the movie producer had a similar mindset

In the beginning of Dead Poets Society, Mr. Keating takes the boys out into the hallway to show them pictures of past students and encourages them to “make their lives extraordinary” and “seize the day- carpe diem”. This is only the beginning of his unorthodox but revolutionary teaching style that ostracizes him from the other teachers at Welton and eventually leads to his expulsion. I believe the lesson he was trying to teach the boys was important, and I believe that Charlie Dalton personified the lesson he was trying to teach.

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film that tells the story of an English teacher, Mr. Keating, who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry. The film received critical acclaim, and was a box office success. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and César Award and David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film (British Board of Film Classification, 2014). However, people still hold different opinions on it. Viewers have different, or even extremely opposite film reviews, illustrating that a viewer’s personal situation may influence his or her thoughts over the meaning of the same text or film. Why do these differences exist? What are the main factors?