Dead Poets Society
Submitted by on January 1, 1999
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When I first saw Dead Poets Society, it was nothing I expected. The film is quite
serious and it is without question the best movie I've ever seen. It takes place in 1959
at Welton Academy, a private collage prep school for boys where discipline is the most
important goal and any demonstration of a free thought is strictly prohibited . One
voice stands out among narrow-minded administration-John Keatings, eccentric and
inspiring teacher. He wants his students to "suck the bone of life to the marrow", "to
seize the day", and to make their lives "extraordinary". Keatings teaches poetry, but his
students get a lot more than that- they learn passion, courage, and romance. Group of
his students dare to form Dead Poets Society, a secret organization. One of the boys,
Neil, who wants to be an actor but whose...