The movie Dead Poets Society is about a group of teenage boys who are split between conformity and learning to think for themselves while attending Wellington Academy. These boys are all highly intelligent and come from wealthy families; however, throughout the movie you see that despite the boys' similar backgrounds, they are all very different and unique people. There is also a definite clash between traditional teaching and the new style of teaching that Mr. Keating brings with him. Charlie Dalton and Cameron are two very different characters in the movie.
It also shows that a teacher takes the chance of over stepping their boundary when teaching students to think for themselves. Keating teaches Todd to just let it out and not worry about what others think. The fathers were the same however, in that they both loved their sons, but did not know how to show it the type of guy that a person can only hope to have as a friend, while, Cameron is the kind of guy that would turn his back on his friends at any time just to save himself. Anderson was the type of parent who just lets his son go and do as he pleases, on the other hand, Mr. Keating mold their students into better people and teach them how to live a better life. Keating's style of teaching is excellent, it keeps students interested and teaches them to think for themselves.
The boy's perceptions of life are quite restricted at the beginning, maintaining their individual identity and their own sense of values, become an ultimate test of survival. The push for conformity and Mr. Keating's teaching procedures, was not only encouraging for the boys to form the concept of "Carpe Diem", but brought on them a whole new contemplation of self-reliance and allowing their "true" feelings to prevail. To think about whether the text truly embraces the philosophy of freedom creates different points of view.This movie helps the student's to have the confidence in valuing their own talents. And I can see that the teacher want'sto help his student's to have a better knowledge to create a wonderful peoetry.
