Dead Poets Society Transcendentalism

In the movie Dead Poet Society, the students that stood on their desks at the end showed that they believed more in the transcendentalist belief. By standing on the desks the students are also showing that they have became more independent and can think on their own. The students began to think this way from their teacher, Mr. Keating and from how the way he teaches the students. After Neil’s death and Keating’s teachings, most of the boys matured and changed how they thought. But for some others, that wouldn’t be so. As Mr. Keating was teaching the class on how to seize the day, he showed the class a picture of past students and told the class to stare at it and learn to seize the day. One of the boys, Cameron, asked another student,