The passion shown in Dead Poets Society from beginning to end infects and touches us, but it is not a fantasy. It has never left the real world. The practical significance of this film today may be like calling for humanistic care in school education in a materialistic social atmosphere.
Dead Poets Society's Story Introduction
1959 The opening ceremony of Wilton Noble School and its100th anniversary celebration are being held grandly. Dr. Nolan, the president, proudly reviewed the glory of the school, and was proud that the school has always adhered to the four creeds of tradition, honor, discipline and Excellence for a hundred years, thus becoming the best pre-university school in the United States. On this day, John Keating, an honorary graduate of Wilton and a new teacher who returned from London to teach, returned to school as an English teacher.
The new semester has begun. The dull atmosphere and trite preaching made the big boys in Wilton feel depressed. The students privately cursed Wilton as a hell school and tampered with Wilton's four creeds to show their ridicule. At this time, the students would never have thought that the new teacher Keating, like their original wish, had a different and unconventional way of teaching, which immediately caused waves among the students.
Keating hummed "Yankee March", the creed of eating, drinking and having fun, and the analysis of the poems edited by Ivanso prichard in the textbook caused an earthquake in the long-term suffocating hearts of Wilton students. Soon, Neil came across a Wilton yearbook with Keating's resume in the school library. It turned out that Keating was the captain of the football team and joined an organization called Dead Poets Society.
What is "Dead Poets Society"? Keating told the students the secret of the poetry club. Under the advocacy of Neil, "Dead Poets Society" was rebuilt. Charlie, Knox, Mick, Cameron and other students responded enthusiastically, and the timid Todd joined in. From then on, members of "Dead Poets Society" danced African primitive dances with strong sense of rhythm and sang beautiful poems where Keating met, releasing the passion of youth life.
Wilton School experienced a quiet change, in which troubles and misfortunes followed. Neil's participation in A Midsummer Night's Dream was strongly blocked by his father. Knox has a crush on the famous girl Chris; Dead Poets Society published an article advocating the recruitment of girls. Everything caught the attention of President Nolan. On the night after the performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Neil used his father's pistol to float his soul to a distant paradise.
Neil's death shocked Wilton. Under the pressure of public opinion, the school began to investigate the cause of Neil's suicide. The survey results show that Keating is fully responsible for what happened at the beginning of Wilton's tenure. Another English class. Keating came to say goodbye when the students were reading Evans prichard's "nonsense" article under Nolen's guidance. In the solemn form of standing on the desk and reciting poems aloud, the students watched Keating leave the classroom with a smile.