Friday Post

1. The most influential leader I have ever had is my brother. He has had such a big influence on my life because first he is my brother, and second he is having a pretty successful life. My brother and I enjoy the same things so we get along very well.
2. What I think Mr. Keating means by this is that poetry isn't just something to take for granted, poetry is something that we live everyday, it is all around us, we just have to look for it. Yes I do agree with Mr. Keating. My views on poetry is that if you enjoy it you should read it and see it as Mr. Keating sees it. I believe we read it poetry to enjoy the literary elements of it.
3. I do agree because when most people read all they do is read it from the authors perspective instead of having thoughts about it yourself. I took another perspective of baseball once whenever I was hitting, instead of stressing out I saw it as an opportunity to have fun and enjoy the time I have playing high school baseball.
4. The verse that I would go by is Carpe Diem, so I can live my life and seize each day, one day at a time. The impression I hope to leave behind is that I was a leader to people and a very respectful person to teachers and students.

Thursday Blog

1. I do think that he would've committed suicide. Mr. Keating only influenced them to go for their dreams but his dad was so controlling that he couldn't do what he wanted. Even in the beginning he seemed like  he was rebelling against his dad by taking classes that his dad eventually took him out of. This showed that he didn't really enjoy life and that he had no hope to do what he wanted to do.
2. I believe Knox was the bravest of Mr. Keating students because he was not scared to do anything once he heard Carpe Diem. He shot for his goals and didn't give up until he achieved them, which was getting the girl of his dreams. The most coward one of the boys was Cameron, he didn't want to live like the other boys and when it came down to it he blamed everything bad that happened on Mr. Keating.
3. I do think Mr. Keating put it their because he was the one who started that society and he would be the only to have the book. I believe he gave it to him because he knew that Neil would step up as a leader and start the society again, he wanted the boys to think for themselves and he wanted them to do what they thought was right.

Theme for Dead Poet's Society

I think the central theme for Dead Poet's Society is Carpe Diem. It was spoken throughout the whole movie and each character went by that saying whenever they wanted to do their own thing. I believe by seizing the day they were able to do conquer things that they would've never thought was possible. Each of them had a fear of something such as their parents or girls or getting in trouble, but once they understood the real meaning of Carpe Diem they realized they only have one life to live and that they need to take any opportunity that came to them. Even when they remade the secret society club in the cave they were living their life with a risk. They knew that if they get caught they could get in trouble but the whole point of it was to go out and do things that seem fun but also risky. They were all able to learn that things don't just come to you, you have to have to courage to go out and get it yourself otherwise you wont get anywhere in life.

Follow up Character Questions

In my opinion the character that transformed the most through the movie was Knox. He understood that in order to get what you want you have to go out and put effort into it yourself, his motto for that was Carpe Diem.
The one who did not change in the film at all was the red head, he didn't see why everyone was making Mr. Keating seem like such a cool person, and when it came down to it he decided that he didn't not really like his teacher and rated him out.
Mr. Keating is a very outgoing character, he sees life as something to enjoy and not to be controlled by people or society. No I don't believe he is changed because I feel like he was very strict with what he believed in.
Todd Anderson was afraid to read in front of the class, he was a very shy person and didn't like to be in front of people, he overcame his fear by standing up for Mr. Keating at the end of the story.
Neil Perry was always controlled by his father doing what pleases him instead of going out in life and doing something that he enjoyed. He finally overcame is fear whenever he tried out for the play and acted in front of his dad.
Knox Overstreet was shy when it came to talking to girls, but after hearing the phrase Carpe Diem he finally got the courage to go talk to the girl that he loved even though she had a boyfriend.
Charlie Dalton was scared of conformity, he overcame this fear by becoming Nwanda and writing in the newspaper about the Dead Poets Society then talking out in front of the staff at the school.

Mona Lisa Questions

The roles of women in the 1950s were to be a good wife and to stay at home and take care of the children. They were not seen as people in the workplace because they didn't have the strength and the brains that the men did. Katherine Watsons views were different because she believed that women should be able to go out and work with men and do the same thing they do. They don't always need to stay at home and cook, clean, and watch the kids.


I don't think that Betty was happy in her marriage. Her husband was always gone and never had time to be with her. I believe she had this whole romantic idea about marriage and how amazing it was but once she got married she didn't enjoy it. Her mother refused to let Betty stay with her because she was grown up and now that she got married she had to be with her husband and make him happy, it was what women were expected to do back in those days.