Assignment #4 Dead Poet's Society

             After the death of Neil, will the parents let their sons do what they want? In the movie, "Dead Poets Society", directed by Peter Weir, Neil is involved with a group of students that are controlled by their parents, and don't have the freedom to do what they want. They struggle with the difficulty of telling their parents what they really feel. In the movie there are three important themes: relationship between parent and child, education, and leadership.

             The parent and child relationships are not very good. The parents control their sons by telling them what to do and by not letting them make their own choices. When Neil told his parents that he wanted to be an actor, his parents were against his decision. Neil also keeps his feelings to himself even if he disagrees with his parents.

              Another theme in this movie is how the boys learn. Their teacher, Mr. Keating, taught the boys how to learn about the outside world in a fun way. The boys started liking school and they enjoyed Mr. Keating's class. In the movie, the boys were interested in writing poetry because they were able to write about subjects that were interesting to them such as girls.

              The other theme in this movie is leadership and how the the group of boys work together. When Neil saw the group called The Dead Poets Society, that Mr. Keating was involve with, Neil started telling others to join the club of poetry and to learn new things about the poetry. Under Neil's leadership, the boys started working together and started learning from each other. When the boys helped Knox to believed himself and give him courage to talk to Chris the girl the he loved in love at first sight. The group of boys started to know each other after the long time and before the death of Neil they been helping him to tell his parents what he really wants.

               This movie tell us to stand up for what's right and stand up for ourselves. Do something that will make your parents proud and tell the what you really feel about the choices that they made. Also to find the things that made you happy and to find who we really are.