Dead Poets Society Todd Anderson Analysis

The was once vacant room now crowds with familyys and displined sons. The walls once vibrated with an unearthly silence and the floors once were concealed by a compact layer of dust. The air reeked of despair, an aroma only noticeable to those with keen senses. One by one, people crowd the vacancy, filling every empty void, creating a cluster out of isolation. For Todd Anderson was once a vacant room - forcibly filled with lifeless air, breathing tradition, honor, discipline, and excellence. He was once the typical Welton Academy for Boys student, tweaked and metamorphosed, molded and structured, contoured and processed, into the Ivy League material. Yet, soon enough, Todd’s vacant room gradually began to fill, one person after another filling the hollow, for Todd was …show more content…
People such as Mr. Keating and Neil Perry influenced Todd, feeding him the words Carpe diem, meaning seize the day, nourishing his bones and strengthening his muscles, making Todd human rather than a robotic youth. Such words as “Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary” filled Todd’s belly and kindled his taste buds. Soon enough, Todd begins progressing, a metamorphose from lifeless to lively. In the movie, Dead Poets Society, Todd Anderson distends from a reserved youth to an agile young man due to the astounding influence of Carpe diem.
In the beginning, Todd was a caterpillar. Wiggling around, desperately trying to fit into his own skin. Pressing him to move at such a hasty pace while his body could only move so slowly. The constant influences of his brother’s successes restrained Todd from peeling his own skin simply because he conceives “that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing.” Therefore, Todd remained trapped inside this abstract aspect of perfection,