Dead Poets Society Essay

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Dead Poets Society : A Lesson on Living Life

On the first day of class , John Keating (played by Robin Williams ushered the class out to the trophy room . He called one boy from the class and made him read To The Virgins to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick

This is where Keating 's influence on the boys began . From the verses of To The Virgins to Make Much of Time , Keating discussed the importance of living life to its fullest

. Its first line Gather ye rosebuds while ye may ' is a sentiment on the Latin term Carpe diem ' which means seize the day

He encouraged the boys to live their lives while they were young because , quoting Keating from the movie , we are only mortals who will experience a limited number of springs , summers , and falls

After reading the poem of Herrick , John Keating asked the boys to stare at the pictures of former students of Welton Academy in the trophy room He said that the eyes of those boys in the picture were the same as their eyes now : full of dreams and hopes , a hope on being extraordinary someday

But these boys in the picture failed to reach for those dreams . Being enchanted in the idea of success , these boys , as they grew up and became men , left their childhood dreams . They forgot about those dreams and did not live their lives as it had a deadline -- not...