Major CharactersRichardGeraldPittsSteven MeeksCameron
Major Characters Richard Cameron Gerald Pitts Steven Meeks
PlotWelton Academy prep school, whose ethos is defined bythe headmaster Gale Nolan as "tradition, honour,disciplineand excellence".The new English teacher, John Keating's teachingmethods are unorthodox by Welton standards. He focuson the idea of carpe diem. Inspired by Keating, the boyssecretly revive a school literary club, the “"Dead PoetsSociety"Neil wants to be an actor but his father disapproves. Hisfather finds out Neil goes against his wishes so he takesNeil home and tells him that he intends to enroll him in amilitary school to prepare him for Harvard University and acareer in medicine.Neil commits suicide in despair
Plot Welton Academy prep school, whose ethos is defined by the headmaster Gale Nolan as "tradition, honour, discipline and excellence". The new English teacher, John Keating’s teaching methods are unorthodox by Welton standards. He focus on the idea of carpe diem. Inspired by Keating, the boys secretly revive a school literary club, the “Dead Poets Society”. Neil wants to be an actor but his father disapproves. His father finds out Neil goes against his wishes so he takes Neil home and tells him that he intends to enroll him in a military school to prepare him for Harvard University and a career in medicine. Neil commits suicide in despair
Appreciation1. The four pillars: Tradition, honor discipline.excellence. ("Travesty, Horror, Decadence, andExcrement".)the Ivy Leagues:A term for the most elite American Universitieson the East coast, including Harvard, Yale andPrinceton. Ivy is the green plant that grows onmany of their buildings
Appreciation ◆1. The four pillars: Tradition, honor discipline, excellence. (“Travesty, Horror, Decadence, and Excrement”.) ◆the Ivy Leagues: A term for the most elite American Universities on the East coast, including Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Ivy is the green plant that grows on many of their buildings
Appreciation2. Keating's first class(0:11:16-0: 16:40)2.1 "O Captain, my captain."A poem of Walt Whitman f from the Leaves ofGrass(1900)2.2"Carpe Diem!"The most important words in the movie! Latin for"seize the day," or more generally, "live life tothe fullest."2.3 We are food for worms, lads
Appreciation ◆2. Keating’s first class(0:11:16-0:16:40): ◆2.1 “O Captain, my captain. ” A poem of Walt Whitman from the Leaves of Grass(1900) ◆2.2 "Carpe Diem!" The most important words in the movie! Latin for "seize the day," or more generally, "live life to the fullest." ◆2.3 We are food for worms, lads
Appreciation3. Keating's second class(0:21:01-0:26:44)Excrement: shitWe're not laying pipe. We're talking about poetry我们不是在装水管我们谈论的是诗"To rip out" a page from a book is to remove itby tearing it outYou will learn to savor words and language你们将学会品尝文字与语言
Appreciation ◆3. Keating’s second class(0:21:01-0:26:44): ◆Excrement: shit ◆We're not laying pipe. We're talking about poetry. 我们不是在装水管 我们谈论的是诗 ◆"To rip out" a page from a book is to remove it by tearing it out. ◆You will learn to savor words and language. 你们将学会品尝文字与语言