Dead Poets Society Notes Part 1

                              Dead Poets Society Notes

·         100 years ago 1889 the school Helton Opened.

·         The best Christian school in the U.S.

·         Replacement teacher Mr. John Keating

·         Group of kids smoke in dorm and talk about doing their study group.

·         Kids father makes him drop annual.

·         Trigonometry homework not done penalizes one point off their final grade, teachers are very strict.

·         Mr. Keating attended Helton

·         Uses a little humor to poke fun at the kids

·         Mr. Keating has the kids look at the past kids of the school and told them they are no different than they are. They think they are destined for great things, But just like them one day they will die. So they should seize the day. Carpe diem

·         Kids say he is different and spooky at first.

·         Knox visits the Danbury's. His family knows them.

·         Mr. Keating makes the kids rip a page out of the book along with the entire introduction. They are hesitant.

·         Mr. McAlister walks in and says “what the hell is going on” and the teacher instructs them to keep ripping it out. He wants them to think for themselves.

·         He has them huddle up and says “we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race that is full of passion” life goes on and you contribute a verse, what will your verse be?"

·         Mr. Keating says the students are free thinkers, and another teacher thinks otherwise

·         When Mr. Keating was a student he was part of a dead poet’s society, they met up and took turns reading poetry together. Something he said the school wouldn’t be fond of.

·         Some of the guys want to go and try reading poetry. Some of them are hesitant though.

·         A student found the book they used to read at their DPS meetings and takes it.

·         They all take turns reading poetry with the book they took from their teacher.

·         Mr. Keating stands on a desk to show the kids to look at the world in a different way, and makes the kids stand on their desks too.

·         Mr. Keating has them write a poem of their own along with an essay and they need to read their poem to the whole class. He knows one of the boys is scared to read in front of other people.

·         Neil wants to be in a play when he knows his dad doesn’t want him to. He wants to seize the day. His friend doesn’t think it’s a good idea, but he wants to enjoy the thought of doing something he enjoys.

·         Mr. Keating says to be in the DPS group they have to do something to seize the day.

·         Mr. Keating has the boys read a line of poetry out loud and kick a ball afterwards out in a field. And plays music while they do it.

·         Neil gets the part in the play he wanted, and he needs a letter of permission from his father and a teacher, so he writes a fake note.

·         He has the boy who laughed at another boy for reading his poetry go next for laughing at someone else.

·         Mr. Anderson didn’t write a poem and Mr. K said he thinks he does have interesting stuff to write about. He makes him yelp in front of the class.

·         Mr. Keating makes him look at a picture of a man and describe the man and the kid finally has a breakthrough.

·         He has the kids walking and chanting, showing them that they have their own walk and their own pace and direction that they should walk. They shouldn’t just walk with everyone else, take the path least traveled.

·         One boy decides to seize the day and call a girl he has liked to go out with her.

·         Most of the boys are opening up and speaking their mind more, they were taught to just do as their told and not to speak up.