Dead Poet Society
...story takes place in England in 1959 at an all boys academy called Welton. Neil is a tall, skinny, dark haired young man. He talks a lot, he is outgoing, and nice! Neil is very well behaved around his family especially his father. He works very hard to get good grades and do good in school to please his father. His father is very controlling, manipulating, and overpowering. Mr. Perry wants Neil, his son, to go to medical school and become a doctor. Neil on the other hand has different dreams for himself but is too scared to tell his father to stop controlling his life. Theater is Neil's dream, that is all he wants in life!
Neil tried out for the school playÂ…and he made the lead role. When his father found out, he made Neil quit the play and promise to never do something like that behind his back again. As always, of course Neil followed his fathers commands. Even though Neil has a controlling father he still likes to try and make people happy. He is an upbeat young man that loves music, enjoys reading poetry, and likes to be active, like most boys do! He thinks he is the coolest guy on campus, and he thinks he is also invincible and good looking too. Neil has not ever been in a play or musical but feels he was born to act. His friends and other buys at school say that he can sometimes be nosey and annoying, but other then that they think he is a pretty cool guy!
When the school year starts Neil finds out that there is a new teacher in the school and his name is Mr. Keating. Neil has Mr. Keating for a class, he says that he has never had a teacher quite like Mr. Keating. Mr. Keating teaches the buys about life through poetry. One of the poems that he tells the boys they should follow in life is "Carpe Diem" which means to seize the day. The other saying, that he tells them they should follow is "suck all the marrow out of life" which basically means to...
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