The Impact of Friendship Character relationships, especially friendships, are necessary in novels and films, without them there isn’t a storyline. In most stories with friendships the characters end up becoming dependent on one another and when there is a codependent relation there are changes. The friendships may grow and change or end horribly. The codependent friendships in A Separate Peace and Dead Poets Society were what allowed the boys to grow and develop their personal identities. In A Separate Peace, Gene and Phineas were best friends but before they met they were different people. Gene was a very quiet, timid, and a good student. He was always getting good grades and never tried to show off or bring attention to himself, whereas
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This group meet to recite poetry and talk about it, but it was a very odd group. They were all different. Neil’s the smart, popular, athletic student, who is in every club. Todd is very shy and nothing like Neil, maybe even the complete opposite. Charlie was considered the most rebellious and reckless of the group. Knox he’s lovestruck the whole movie and he’s very determined to get what he wants. Richard wasn’t really wanted in the Dead Poets Society. He wasn’t a very nice person and invited himself places and nobody really liked him. Steven was the smartest one in the group, which is shown when he tutors Charlie in about every subject and is fluent in latin. Finally, Gerard was a very gentle but normal student, meaning nothing he did made him stand out. These personalities and character traits made the friendship relatable and …show more content…
They encourage and support Neil in doing the play, even against his father's wishes. When the play ended and they all congratulated him, seeing their love for one another. But when Neil's father drags him home to tell him he has to go to military school he breaks down. At that point Neil had lost all hope, he knew he couldn’t go on if he couldn’t do what he loved. When the news got back to the school that Neil committed suicide the group of boys broke down. Everything they had built up together shattered. Their friendship went down the drain. Cameron accused Mr. Keating of killing Neil. The rest of the boys didn’t believe that and they still supported and needed Mr. Keating, which was shown in the very last scene where he is done packing up and is walking out of the classroom. The boys get up onto their desks saying “O'Captain! My Captain!”. This was their way of showing their teacher that they respected him and did not blame him for what had happened. And in a way it was a thank you for everything that he had done for them.
In both the film and novel, friendship was the plot. Both Phineas and Gene became friends and formed a codependent relation, as well as the members in the Dead Poets Society. The two groups of boys changed by the end of the book because of something caused by the friendship, which explains why codependent relationships were what allowed the boys to grow and
This group meet to recite poetry and talk about it, but it was a very odd group. They were all different. Neil’s the smart, popular, athletic student, who is in every club. Todd is very shy and nothing like Neil, maybe even the complete opposite. Charlie was considered the most rebellious and reckless of the group. Knox he’s lovestruck the whole movie and he’s very determined to get what he wants. Richard wasn’t really wanted in the Dead Poets Society. He wasn’t a very nice person and invited himself places and nobody really liked him. Steven was the smartest one in the group, which is shown when he tutors Charlie in about every subject and is fluent in latin. Finally, Gerard was a very gentle but normal student, meaning nothing he did made him stand out. These personalities and character traits made the friendship relatable and …show more content…
They encourage and support Neil in doing the play, even against his father's wishes. When the play ended and they all congratulated him, seeing their love for one another. But when Neil's father drags him home to tell him he has to go to military school he breaks down. At that point Neil had lost all hope, he knew he couldn’t go on if he couldn’t do what he loved. When the news got back to the school that Neil committed suicide the group of boys broke down. Everything they had built up together shattered. Their friendship went down the drain. Cameron accused Mr. Keating of killing Neil. The rest of the boys didn’t believe that and they still supported and needed Mr. Keating, which was shown in the very last scene where he is done packing up and is walking out of the classroom. The boys get up onto their desks saying “O'Captain! My Captain!”. This was their way of showing their teacher that they respected him and did not blame him for what had happened. And in a way it was a thank you for everything that he had done for them.
In both the film and novel, friendship was the plot. Both Phineas and Gene became friends and formed a codependent relation, as well as the members in the Dead Poets Society. The two groups of boys changed by the end of the book because of something caused by the friendship, which explains why codependent relationships were what allowed the boys to grow and