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In the movie ¨Dead Poets Society¨ Todd Anderson was one character that stood out to me. He was really shy and quiet and didn’t really fit in at school. He also didn’t embrace life like he really should have. Verse 52 from ¨Song Of Myself ¨ by Walt Whitman and a quote by Thoreau from Walden were great forms of literature that made connections with Todd Anderson.
Todd Anderson was very shy but he started to stand up for what he believed in. In Walt Whitman’s poem verse 52 from ¨Song Of Myself¨ it states “Missing me one place, search another” which means being an introvert is the old him and he is a new person (15). Todd tries to focus on learning by doing Mr. Keating assignments. Most of his assignments were to write poems. This
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