Todd Anderson And The Dead Poet's Society

At a small elite conservative boarding school in Vermont, named Welton Academy, life is turned upside down for a group of kids when their new english teacher inspires them to question authority as well as their own morals. One of the kids he was able to reach the most was Todd Anderson; a discouraged and shy boy. Throughout the story Todd Anderson changes to a courageous young adult with the ability to stand up for what he believes in. In the year 1959 Todd Anderson was enrolled in Welton Academy. His brother was famous in the school for being an outstanding student: a title that Todd knew he would not able able to achieve. This was because he was unable to read in front of others. This scared him to no end. As well as this he avoided relationships with his fellow classmates. His roommate, Neil Perry, continuously tried to get him to socialize with his friends, but Todd wanted nothing to do with it. On Todd’s first day of English class he met Mr. Keating who was a whacky teacher that wanted to create students that could think on their own. He told them of Carpe Diem and that the kids should seize the day. …show more content…
He asked Todd if he wanted to join the club and after a bit of pestering Todd agreed to join with the condition that he would not have to read to the other kids. The Dead Poets Society was a group that met in the forest to read and create poems to express how they were feeling. Todd remained cautious while going to the meetings and thought that they may get caught, although he began to loosen up and enjoy himself more. As he began making friends with the kids in the Dead Poets Society, he started to do more things with them. Not only did he study with them for school, he also did more personal things with them. One example of this was him going to see Knox, one of his new friends, ask out a girl he