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.

Compare and Contrast teaching

The style of teaching that Katherine did was more of a thinking outside the box. She believes in letting you understand your own things instead of shoving ideas that you need to know, she doesn't force you to believe what she believes. In the Hard Times teaching was all about shoving knowledge that you must know. There is no other way that people should learn except the way that they want you to, you have no freedom to think and believe in what you want. Everything must be facts and nothing else that way everything you learn is true. Its more of a strict type of teaching instead of loose, like you do not of the freedom to believe in what you want or something like having freedom of speech.

Mona Lisa smile

I thought that this movie was a pretty good movie, it showed some of the different views about women and men. It was back then so it talked about how women are only suppose to be in the kitchen and be pretty much just a slave to their husbands. The girls in the movie are all about rushing to get married, but all the guys that they are with don't really end up falling through, like they do but eventually they stop liking them. What I got out of this movie is that you cant really trust people specially if they think they know it all. Just go by what you feel and hope for a good outcome.

Mona Lisa

I think this movie is about a teacher who is being out smarted by her students, and how after college all of them plan on getting married. She hates that the students are smarter than her in the beginning so she threatens one of them because that girl is a smart mouth. In the end I think that they will all come together and they all  find a guy that they eventually fall in love with and they all get married. I think this movie will be inspiring in the extent of getting along with people that you didn't like in the beginning. Also I believe this movie will have a lot of art in it because that is what she teaches and because of the name of the movie.

Exams

My thoughts on the exams that we have to take in order for us to get into different colleges are stupid. I don't think it is necessary for a test to determine how our future could be and what college we can go to because some people are good in school but not so good at taking a test. To me the SAT was one of the hardest test I have had to take. To prepare yourself for a test like this you will need to have to get different vocabulary words that you wont know and study them because the SAT has a lot of big vocabulary. You will also need to know how to do math, so it would be a good idea to go over about 30 math problems so you can know what to do in different problems. The easiest test that I think we take was the STAAR test, it was pretty much basic knowledge that you needed to know and throughout the school year the teachers are teaching you the right things that you will need to know in order to past the test and be able to graduate high school. Its obviously good to prepare for each test you take, what I do is I find out what will mainly be on there and I will look up YouTube videos on it or ask to get some help from my teachers if I am not sure about certain things that might see on the test.