Dead Poet's Society- Part 2

The second half of the movie "Dead Poet's Society" was by far the most impacting and emotional. I had a feeling at the beginning of the movie that someone would die. How could they not? With such an oppressive environment, we throw in this incredibly talented boy, Neil, who wants to be an actor, despite his parents wanting him to be a doctor. The shock was the suicide. I never thought one of the boys would commit suicide.

While the rest of the boys blame the suicide on Neil's father, the school board and administrators blame it on Mr. Keating. They begin to call the boys in Mr. Keating's class in their offices. They get the boys to sign a piece of paper that says Mr. Keating encouraged the boys to create the Dead Poet's Society, and was the ultimate cause of Neil's suicide.

I think the absolute most impacting part of the movie was the very end. As the director of the school is in Mr. Keating's classroom, the students seem to be toying with being submissive or talking out. Mr. Keating comes into the classroom to get his stuff, and as he leaves, one of the students yells out that they were all forced to sign that piece of paper. Mr. Keating nods and says, "I know." Right before Keating leaves, the students, one by one, stand on their desks and say "O Captain, my Captain", much to the agitation of the school director. The movie ends with Mr. Keating saying, "Thank you boys."