Welton Academy is an elite all boys school that impose a strict and unbreakable code of discipline and conformity, with the students experiencing ridiculously high expectations from parents and the school alike. To the students that attend the school, this is their life and a lifestyle in which they must accept and withstand. With the

Using this code is a source of teenage rebellion, six particular students reform the infamous Dead Poets Society, largely due to curiosity and the need to defy authority. Curiosity is an innate feature within all of us, and modern teenagers are still exploring the same old roads travelled by the last generation. The boys regularly smoke and drink, and come in contact with girls from the township, all things the school would frown upon. They are absolutely amazed by a soft porn picture of a nude woman, and laugh with absolute cheek because they know how the school and their parents would view such a picture. Subjects such of these in the 1950s were taboo, and with the hunger to explore unknown territory, these six boys will try it all. But in relation to real life, this kind of occurrence is common, and is now looked upon as a normal part of growing up. When they find an old school book, they are curious to find out what their English teacher Mr Keating’s involvement was with a particular society, entitled the Dead Poets Society. When asked about it Mr Keating simply explains “We let poetry dip from our tongue’s like honey. Spirits soared, women swooned and Gods were created.“ The magical romanticism of such an idea entraps the boys to reform the society. They sneak out of school grounds to travel to the old Indian caves to hold the Dead Poets Society’s meetings. As the opening of the official Dead Poets Society book says “I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately…… I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life!” Like anybody on the cusp of adulthood, it is important to find out your true identity, and teenagers are still plagued by the same troublesome questions. The boys in fact travel deep within the woods to become men, with adulthood approaching they learn the invaluable lesson about destiny and identity, along with the help and guidance from Mr. Keating.

school motto being the ‘tradition, honour, discipline and excellence’ it is easy to recognise the traditionalist views of the school community. It is true that some private boarding school like this still exist, but the severity of school attitude does not, for time have definitely changed. Between the rigorous daily lessons, such as trigonometry and Latin, and between the regulated eating and free acti

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