Mr Keating's Farewell Chapter 1 Summary
Table of Contents:
1. Plot Synopsis……………………………………………………................................................2
2. Detailed description of 3 scenes/ chapters……………………...……….……………...........2-3
Chapter 3
Chapter 11
Mr. Keating´s farewell
3. Interpretation of 5 Symbols/motifs/quotes…………………………………………...………3-4
4. My own review…………………………………………………................................................5
5. Appendix………………………………………………………………………………......……5
Information about the author
6. Sources………………………………………………………………….………………….…...5
Primary literature
Literature on the internet
Dead Poets Society
3) Interpretation of 5 quotations/ passages/ symbols/ motifs:
MOTIFS
“Think for yourselves”
This was one of the many advice John …show more content…
At the beginning of the book, there was a scene in which Neil and his father, Mr. Perry, were talking about the extracurricular classes. His father said that he was taking too much of them and told him to be more worried about his studies. However, there were some other events which represent the lack of freedom in the movie, such as going to the Dead Poets Society club late at night. The group of students that went to the club several times at night wanted to have some freedom; they wanted to experience how it felt to do whatever they wanted to do without having someone punishing them over and over again, like Mr. Nolan (the head master) did. The head master and the teacher from the boarding school had a conservative mind, except the new teacher Mr. Keating. The most important thing for these people was the traditions, which should be obeyed. That is why the students had a certain fear to do what they wanted to do, but at the same time they had a strong wish to do what pleased …show more content…
Since the very first chapter of the book we can distingue a certain person that has some kind of charismatic and good behavior, this is John Keating, the new English teacher. However, during the course of the story we were able to recognize his wish, which was teaching lessons to his students that would help them for life´s problem. We were able to notice that the students were gradually influenced by their teacher, Mr. Keating. Mostly five of them were the ones who really took his life-tips and took them into account. These students were Neil, Todd, Knox, Charlie and Richard. For these students Mr. Keating was not just an English teacher, he was also their mentor psychologist. They considered him a real friend to whom they could tell all their problems and worries to get help and tips. To conclude we can say that John Keating was their inspiration to do what each of them wanted; he was their inspiration to reach their goals. And as the book cover says: “He was their inspiration. He made their lives
1. Plot Synopsis……………………………………………………................................................2
2. Detailed description of 3 scenes/ chapters……………………...……….……………...........2-3
Chapter 3
Chapter 11
Mr. Keating´s farewell
3. Interpretation of 5 Symbols/motifs/quotes…………………………………………...………3-4
4. My own review…………………………………………………................................................5
5. Appendix………………………………………………………………………………......……5
Information about the author
6. Sources………………………………………………………………….………………….…...5
Primary literature
Literature on the internet
Dead Poets Society
3) Interpretation of 5 quotations/ passages/ symbols/ motifs:
MOTIFS
“Think for yourselves”
This was one of the many advice John …show more content…
At the beginning of the book, there was a scene in which Neil and his father, Mr. Perry, were talking about the extracurricular classes. His father said that he was taking too much of them and told him to be more worried about his studies. However, there were some other events which represent the lack of freedom in the movie, such as going to the Dead Poets Society club late at night. The group of students that went to the club several times at night wanted to have some freedom; they wanted to experience how it felt to do whatever they wanted to do without having someone punishing them over and over again, like Mr. Nolan (the head master) did. The head master and the teacher from the boarding school had a conservative mind, except the new teacher Mr. Keating. The most important thing for these people was the traditions, which should be obeyed. That is why the students had a certain fear to do what they wanted to do, but at the same time they had a strong wish to do what pleased …show more content…
Since the very first chapter of the book we can distingue a certain person that has some kind of charismatic and good behavior, this is John Keating, the new English teacher. However, during the course of the story we were able to recognize his wish, which was teaching lessons to his students that would help them for life´s problem. We were able to notice that the students were gradually influenced by their teacher, Mr. Keating. Mostly five of them were the ones who really took his life-tips and took them into account. These students were Neil, Todd, Knox, Charlie and Richard. For these students Mr. Keating was not just an English teacher, he was also their mentor psychologist. They considered him a real friend to whom they could tell all their problems and worries to get help and tips. To conclude we can say that John Keating was their inspiration to do what each of them wanted; he was their inspiration to reach their goals. And as the book cover says: “He was their inspiration. He made their lives