Every time I study Walt Whitman, I am reminded of my two favorite movies. In The History Boys, Whitman’s Leaves of Grass is referenced to by the main character, Hector. While the scene does not go into much detail about Whitman or his poems, the fact the Leaves of Grass is a renowned collection of poetry is mentioned. Dead Poet’s Society, my very favorite movie, tends to go into more detail regarding Whitman. Anyone who has seen the movie will know that the portrait that Keating keeps above his chalkboard in his classroom is of Whitman, himself. In one of the main scenes of the movie, Todd, a shy and quiet boy is brought up in front of the class to create a poem off the top of his head, using Whitman’s likeliness as inspiration. Todd comes up with “A Sweaty Toothed Madman” and shows his classmates how emotional and effective poetry can really be.…