Welton academy is a strict boy's boarding school where tradition and teaching come before dreams and fun. This school had a good reputation and was considered one of the best schools in the country with some of the most intelligent boys in America. Welton was built on four pillars ""tradition, honour, discipline and excellence" and they came before everything else. The best of everything was expected of the students. Parents, teachers and the headmaster expected all the students to abide by the four pillars and any student that disobeyed these rules was dismissed. Welton is a conservative place where the students are held under tight supervision with strict rules and close to no time to enjoy themselves.
Character Profiles.
Professor John Keating:.
Professor John Keating is a thoughtful, kind, humorous teacher and dreamer. He is an inspiring man who has many unorthodox teaching methods. Keating inspires his students to "suck the marrow out of life" and "seize the day". his students admire his different way of teaching and the way he made them think for themselves. As a former student Mr. Keating didn't like the way the school was so conservative and in the past he could not change that but now he was a professor and could change the lives of some of the students from dull and boring to interesting and extraordinary. Mr Keating wanted his students to live life to the full and enjoy themselves while they were young. Keating's plan wasn't to get the students to rebel against the school in fact he wanted them to feel free and follow their hearts and minds. As a teacher Keating never put a students confidence down he always had a positive comment or piece of advice to give to his students. Keating used reverse phycology to attract his students to poetry. Keating tells his students not to form a Dead Poets Society meeting but knows they will form it. Keating encourages the students to live their poetry instead of just learn it.