Why Is Mr Keating Important To The Dead Poets Society?

Dead Poets Society The Dead Poets Society shows compassion and pain through out the movie. The boys face a very strict environment within the school until Mr. Keating arrives. Mr. Keating didn’t follow the books like the other teachers he took the students out of there usual classroom environment. His unorthodox methods made him connect better with the students and expanded there minds outside the classroom. Which through out his teachings my the students much better people in the end. I thought Mr. Keating was an effective teacher because, from the very start, he was always encouraging his students to “ seize the day” and become who they really were. Rather then how society wanted them to be. One person that Mr. Keating’s philosophy really influenced and affected drastically was Neil Perry, as Neil made many life-threatening decisions based on his advice from Mr. Keating. It inspired Neil bring back the Dead Poets Society and sneak out some nights with his friends to recite poetry. Neil also took a role in a play as one of lead actors even though his father defiantly did not approve of it. A technique I noticed Mr. Keating using was group alerting. For an example he would quickly call on his
HIs different outtakes on life made the boys feel normal and took away all the pressure they went through during the other classes at the school. His lesson showed the boys to be themselves. When he was fired under false information the students were heart broken. At the end Mr Keating was greeted by the boys and showed a great deal of respect by remarking him as”Oh Captain My Captain” . The students at the school had been taught the lesson and being themselves and being open to society as themselves because of Mr Keating and his unorthodox methods of teaching, they were odd ,but they worked and he was unfairly