Dead Poets Society- Part 1 Notes

Amanda Rogers
10/29/13
Dead Poets Society- Notes

• CHARACTERS- Dr Nolan, Neil Perry, Tom (Neils father), Todd Anderson (Neil's roommate) ,Jeff Anderson (Todd brother, scholar), Cameron, Steven meeks, Mr keating-(robin Williams, teacher), Dr. Hager, Knox, Danberries, Chet Danberry, Kris (girl), Mr mcallister, Charlie (saxophone player)
• Shows male students from preparatory school in a church ceremony 
• "honor, discipline, excellence"
• High expectations of students "most students onto an ivy league"
• Shows young boy crying "I don't want to go here"
• Neil's Father wants son to drop extra classes. 
• Neil's father wants him to finish medical school, says until then Neil has to do what he says
• Busy school, lots of students
• Shows teachers being strict/stern, assigning large workload "if you fail to do homework you will be penalized one point, don't test me on this one" - teacher
•  Mr Keating making students laugh. Tells them he used to be a weakling when he attended school
• Introduces himself to students with a Poem. Recites poetry to students
• makes students look at old pictures of former students, compares them to the students. explains that they are no longer alive, "Carpe diam, seize the day. make you lives extraordinary"
• Cameron, Neil, students thought lecture was "creepy"
• Students motivated to study. "Who's up for a study group tonight?"
• Shows Todd studying, stressed, lots of school books
• Mr Keating has students reading poetry in class "understanding poetry"
• Mr keating draws a graph on blackboard to explain what is being read
• Mr keating stated he doesn't agree with what was read "Rip out the page, go on rip it out!" 
• "Be gone jay evens pritchard! It’s not the bible you're not going to go to hell for this."
• Students ripping up books
• Mr Keating- "You will learn to savor words and language." "we dont read and write poetry because we think it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race and the human race is filled with passion." 
• Has students "huddle up" to talk to them
• Explaining to students they can do great things "what will your verse be?"
• Mr Mcallister"You take a big risk encouraging them to become artists" Mr Keating-  "Tot artist, freethinkers"
• Students ask about the dead poets society.
• Mr keating tells them about a "cave" where people read poetry, students decide to go find it
• Neil finds a book -"Five Centuries of Verse" to be read at DPS
• Boys start reading poetry, having fun with it
• Mr Keating stands on desk "I stand on my desk to remind myself we must think of things in a different way."
• "Just when you think you know something you have to look at it in a different way."
• Assigns students to write a poem of their own
• Neil wants to actor "I've always wanted to be an actor, father wouldn't let me."
• Todd discourages him
• Neil and Todd talk about Todd "not caring about anything Mr. Keating says" 
• "you're the kind of person that talks and people listen, im not." -Todd to Neil
• Mr keating incorporates poetry while students play sports
• Neil gets main part in play, needs letter from Mr Knowlen, and father to approve
• "Mr Hopkins you were laughing, you're up."
• "don't let your poems be ordinary", "poetry can come from simple things."
• "I think you have something inside of you that is worth a great deal" - Mr keating to Todd
• makes Todd "Yawp" in font of the class
• encourages Todd to use his imagination while describing a picture of a man
• Mr keating pushes Todd to keep talking, encourges him to close his eyes and pictures things, keep talking to make a poem
• "Don't you forget this" - Mr Keating
• Knox repeats "carpe diem" when calling Kris
• Mr keating teaches unique lessons, interacts, makes students march around outside. Mkae up there own way to walk
• "we all have a great need for acceptance, we must believe that we are unique."
• Todd birthday- parents gave him the same gift as last year "Maybe they weren't thinking about anything at all."
• Neil makes light of situation, makes todd laugh, todd throws desk set off roof
• students begin grasp the importance of poetry. Enjoy reading it. 
• Students like Mr Keating. Enjoy his lessons