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Dead Poet Society
A novel by N
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Kleinbaum
Based on the motion picture written by Tom Schulman
1988
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A new year starts at Welton Academy
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Todd is not the only new person to
arrive at Welton, Mr
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Mr
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He introduces the boys, Todd, Neil, and their friends, to
“the Dead Poet Society”, which they afterward recreate
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Neil finds a new passion, acting
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Instead, he tells
Neil to stop acting and focus on school
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When his father finds out, he becomes angry with Neil
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Neil is devastated, and ends up killing himself
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Keating is being accused of the
murder of Neil because of his teaching
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Keating
Mr
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He replaced Mr
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Before the replacement took place, Mr
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John Keating, himself an honors graduate of this school, who, for the last several years,
has been teaching at the highly regarded Chester School in London
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The quote also mentions his education at Welton Academy
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(page 6)
This is how he is presented in the book, as a normal guy
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He starts out presenting himself in a special
way, with poetry
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Keating or ‘O
Captain! My Captain!’ “”
(page 23 to 24)
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The first poem he uses in class is “To the Virgins,
To Make Much of Time”, where the main focus is “Carpe Diem”, as Keating explains:

““ Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,” Keating repeated, “The Latin term for that sentiment is
Carpe Diem
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Neil Perry
Neil Perry is an honor candidate at Welton Academy
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He is 16 years old, which stands directly in the text:
“The sixteen-year-old stood dutifully, staring angrily at Dean Nolan
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Keating
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“(…) Neil said solemnly
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” (…) “
Page 53
Neil’s father is very demanding
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Neil always does what his
father wants, and rarely questions his wishes
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At first he tries to talk
him from it, but in the end, he accepts the decision
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When his father found out, he was furious:
“” Neil, you are going to quit this ridiculous play immediately,” Mr
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“Father, I…” (…)
“Don’t you dare talk back to me!” (…) But you deliberately deceived me!” (…) IS THAT CLEAR?””
Page 118
Neil received no punishment for this, other than having to quit the play
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He played his part, and he loved every single bit of it
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Tomorrow I am Withdrawing you from Welton and enrolling
you in Braden Military School
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Neil kills himself
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He started there because his grades weren’t good
enough for Welton Academy
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“”Mr
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Anything
else I should know about?””
Page 11

Todd changes throughout the novel
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He truly came out of his shell at the end of the book when he wrote a
poem and read it out loud at a Dead Poets meeting
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Keating said to Todd:
“‘I hold in my hand a crystal ball
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””
Page 147
This made Todd feel important for once in his life
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His brother, Jeffrey Anderson, was a stellar student at
Welton
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Nolan said:
““Ah, Mr
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You have some big shoes to fill, young man
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””
Page 6
Teachers and parent’s communication with adolescent
Teachers, other than Mr
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They talk about
their family
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When he meets students, he mentions their parents
and asks about their wellbeing:
“(…) Mr
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Overstreet?” (…) “Wonderful,” Nolan smiled briefly
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” (…) “
Page 10
The relationship between student and teacher is very professional
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Mr
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He wishes the best for them
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He
wants them to be free thinkers, choose their own path and be themselves
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He lets
them in on a secret, the Dead Poet Society, and they restart the society
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Often the parents dominated
their child, which lead to them choosing their life
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“We are dreaming of tomorrow, and tomorrow isn’t coming; we are dreaming of a glory that we
don’t really want
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The boys can’t wait to finally become what they have dreamed
of
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They don’t let the child think for themselves, and
therefore they accept whatever choice their parents chooses
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He had to move from all his
friends, start a new life and couldn’t do the thing he was passionate about
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It’s a new opportunity try
something different in life
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But that would be
as easy as it’s said
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In his last moments, he describes himself as:
“The passion had dried up and left his body
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He
believed he was a brittle empty shell that would soon be crushed by the weight of the falling
snow
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But that option would have been difficult
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His friends would worry about him too
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Of course there the possibility to reason his way out of this
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It has been proven wrong multiple times:
“”Father,” he pleaded, “that’s ten more years
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That is with their
perspective
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But
when you believe there is no difference between you breathing, but not feeling alive, then not be
alive, what reason do you have to stay alive then?



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