Carpe diem

Cosmopolitan’s review of “If…” was “If you’re young you will really dig “If….” If you’re not so young it is more reason than ever to see what it is all about”. “If….” is a movie by Lindsay Anderson inspired by “Zero de Conduite”; a French movie that focuses on a group of boys fed up with their educational system. Starring Malcolm McDowell as “Mick”, “If….” is a movie that presents the British high school system in the 60s. It is Anderson’s most notable movie. The college that the movie is…

The article is called "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris, it takes place in Paris around a man who is forty-one years old. He attends a French class that is taught by a terrifying rude teacher. The author talks about the troubles he goes through while trying the learn the language and survive the class. The author uses a fun tone throughout the article while keeping the audience drawn in. Hard work pays off in the end is the author’s claim and mine as well in my analysis essay. The author…

In the movie, The Emperor's Club, there is a man named Mr. Hundert who works at St. Benedictus, a prep school. His career is teaching boys and trying to mold their character. Mr. Hundert gets a student named Sedgewick Bell, who is headstrong and the senator's son in his class. Mr. Hundert struggles with Sedgewick Bell but tries his best to be able to teach him. Throughout the movie, Mr.Hundert gives Mr. Bell chances to show his intelligence. He knows that Mr. Bell potential and wants him to be…

Synopsis The Dead Poets Society is a story that revolves around a group of boys who were attending a prestigious boys school together. Set in the 1950s, the parents and school culture were seen to be autocratic, where parents often dictated the lives of their children and leave them with no say. The story mainly unfolds from the perspectives of two students, Todd Anderson and Neil Perry, who are roommates. In the story, the students found inspiration from their English teacher, Mr. Keating, who…

In the beginning of chapter 2, we kinda get an explanation about what karma is and how it works using clay as an example. The characters in this chapter were : Justin, Megan, McManus, Mr. Snell, Josh Winston, David Pink, Magnus, Audrey, and Jinsen. Justin starts the chapter off by basically saying he likes art because it’s the only he can be creative and get a good grade. He also likes his art teacher Mr. Snell, but they usually call him Mr. Smell. That day, Mr. Snell assigned the class a new…

A role-model is someone looked to by others who should set an example for others to follow. Mr. Keating, a new English teacher with unorthodox methods of teaching, demonstrates this in the movie when he influences his students to make the best of their time on this Earth. Mr. Keating used poetry in a way to make his students express his thoughts. For example, Mr. Keating completely changed the way Todd Andersen, a new and shy student with academic pressure from his brother’s reputation,…

October Sky is a movie which states a true story happened to a boy. The high five principles are seen in the movie as the boy makes his journey to make is dream a reality. The high five principles are change is constant, learning is ongoing, focus on the journey, follow your heart and access your allies. These principles are important not just to the character in the movie but for every one on earth who make their journey into the depths of careers and jobs. Change is constant because today…

“Things do not change; we change”(Henry Thoreau). This quote relates to transcendentalism because in the movie Dead Poets Society each character goes through a change that changes them for the better. The movie Dead Poets Society is about a group of students who have a teacher who is different from the teachers at their boarding school. Mr. Keating uses different methods to teach his students. All the boy’s face a lot of pressure from their parents. Then one day the come across the Dead Poets…

As Socrates develops his city with the help of his interlocutors, music becomes an important part of the education of the guardians. Poetry is included in the musical education, but Socrates is wary of allowing all forms of poetry into the city. He instead develops several requirements that poetry must meet to be allowed into the city. These stipulations deal with the portrayal of the gods, tragedy, the afterlife, and others. Out of all the categories, Plato’s Socrates considered the gods to be…

Summary: The First Quote (T.S. Eliot, from “Tradition and the Individual Talent”) This excerpt is talking about how poets and poetry should be analysed; it says that instead of just judging the work in front of you, you need to look at how the work relates or builds upon that of previous poets. I believe that this relates to the movie, The Dead Poet Society for a number of reasons, the first being that the excerpt uses the word “dead poet” when describing whose past work the the current poem…