Dead Poets Society Self Discovery

The Dead Poets Society is full of life lessons and self discovery. Although many of the students in the English class at Welton Academy Prep School changed because of the teachings of Mr. Keating, some of the boys did not. The first day of class he taught them about Carpe Diem. Carpe Diem means to seize the day, he taught them to make their lives extraordinary. Although they might have taken Carpe Diem to the extreme, they were doing what they wanted to. Neil was finally acting. Acting was one thing that Neil always wanted to do, he was finally getting his chance. He encountered a few problems algo the way, which were all caused by his father. Neil’s father did not want Neil to act, and he told Neil that he was not allowed to be in the play. Neil really wanted to do the part, it was the lead role, and he was good. So, he did the play anyway. After the play his father punished him and it wasn 't the first time his father had yelled at him or tried to control his life. Neil wanted out. He wanted out of his father’s control. That night Neil shot himself. Neil’s death was no one’s fault and nobody at the school should’ve taken blame for it. The school started investigating Mr. Keating. Mr. Keating told …show more content…
Many of Mr. Keating’s students took the meaning and idea of Carpe Diem and ran. They figured out who they were and did the things they wanted to. One of them went to the extreme and wrote a letter in the school paper talking about how girls should be allowed in the school. The school was not very happy about his writing. Other boys discovered how to write and how to express themselves through writing a poem or anything else. Neil decided to act, while others stayed the same. The boys who didn’t do anything out of the ordinary were the ones who really really cared about their education. They were also the ones who didn’t stand on their desks at the end of the movie when Mr. Keating was asked to