Dead Poets Society: Film Review and Analysis

John Keating played the role of an English teacher who tried to influence his students through poetry. He was trying to teach, “seizing a day”. Neil Perry was a student and popular among his friends due to his funny attitude, but Neil was suppressed because his dad wishes to see him as an engineer, but Neil found his love for acting. On the other hand, Todd Anderson was a shy student and did not able to find his inner confidence.

The story started to build when Keating came to their school as a literature teacher. The curriculum of the school was tough, even teachers had a strict behavior with students. They had expected the same from John Keating, but they found John different, he had an unconventional teaching method which was more focused on finding true yourself than finding something from book. It does not mean that John was a person who was not giving any homework or assignments to students, but his work was more focused on how to live your life being happy.

The movie took elevation when students found about the Death Poets Society. They restarted the society and it motivated them to do things in their life which their inner self tells them to do. It created chaos, and eventually leads to Neil Perry’s suicide, which further leads to the expulsion of John Keating from school.

There are several factors which made the movie a perfect masterpiece. Firstly, the actors get deep into the character and played it full of their passion and energy. Robert Williams showed a passion of teaching as a true poetry lover even he regarded himself as ‘O captain, my Captain’.

Secondly, the cinematography was perfect. The scenes which camera covered during Neil’s suicide, the snow falling outside and sudden transition from one scene to another was nearly perfect.

Being a teenager, I loved this movie because it showed the circumstances a teenager is going through in his life. A teenager is bound by many things in society which included their parents' wishes, teacher’s expectations, etc. In order to achieve success, teenager forgets to live his life at all and with passing time he finds himself in old age where he wishes to live a teen life again.

In a nutshell, this movie shows us the real face of society. It shows that if you try to change society It will never accept you. As John Keating tried to change the concept of teaching but he was expelled from the school and Neil tried to follow his dream but lead to suicide.