“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys! Make your lives extraordinary!” ---Mr. Keating

“O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;

Fallen cold and dead.” ---Walt Whitman

“Gentlemen: What are the four pillars? Precision! Honor! Discipline! Excellence!” ---Welton’s Four Pillars

“Now in my class you will learn to think for yourselves again. You will learn to savor words and language. And no mater what anybody tells you words and ideas can change the world” ---Mr. Keating

Notes on the “Dead Poet’s Society”

 Dead Poets Society reminds us to seize each day and cherish them dearly. Every day opportunities await us and we must decide whether to take the chance or play it safe. This movie is about what happens when these students decide to pur

 As the role of Puck, Neil is able to express what he could not when he wasn't acting. The Puck epilogue is said directly to his father, in hopes that his father will forgive him. He cannot say anything later when his father tells him what he expects Neil to do because at that moment he is no longer acting. Neil so desperately wants to have a verse to contribute, but he lacks the words, and can only say them while acting.

"It was a dark and rainy night. And this old lady who had a passion for jigsaw puzzles sat by herself in her house at her table to complete a new jigsaw puzzle. As she pieced the puzzle together, she realized to her astonishment that the image that was formed was her very own room, and the figure in the center of the puzzle, as she completed it, was herself. And with trembling hands she placed the last four pieces and stared in horror at the face of the demented madman at the window. The last thing that this old lady ever heard was the sound of breaking glass." -Neil Perry

Some topics in this essay:
Main Teachings, Keating Todd's, Nwanda Knox, Meeks Pitts, Henley Hall, Madman Story, Chet Knox, DPS Neil, Neil Neil, Yes Perry,  keating,  neil, verse contribute,  todd, phone call, neil father, own life, neil's suicide, neil's death, carpe diem, phone call god, madman todd's poem, romantic madman todd's, gain control life, call god stunt,