JJJ

1. Created by:
Brianna Allen
Kerri Keaton
Sierra Stair
Zach Holcombe

2.  Setting: Welton Academy – All boys preparatory school
 Protagonist: Professor John Keating – English and Poetry Teacher
 Unconventional Teaching Methods
 Challenges Students to Think for Themselves
 Poetry Evokes Passion, Romance, and Love
 Main Characters: Neil Perry, Todd Anderson, Knox Overstreet, Charlie Dalton
 Supporting Characters: Steven Meeks, Gerard Pitts, Richard Cameron
 Dead Poets Society Meetings
 Held in a Cave
 Impressionable Young Members
 Lessons of Courage, Integrity, Compassion and Justice

3. Overview of characters

4.  Free-Thinking English Teacher
 Unorthodox Methods
 Goes against Welton Curriculum
 Confuses and Concerns other
Professors
 Preaches Importance of Poetry
 Evokes Passion
 Carpe Diem
 Taught Students to Seize the Day

5.  Senior who’s fated to go on to Harvard and
become a doctor
 Has his own desires and dreams despite
his fathers wishes
 Is thwarted in his attempts by Dad
 After learning about the DPS decides to
resurrect the club
 Takes the role as the clubs leader
 Wants to Join the School Theater Club
 Goes against Fathers wishes and
auditions for a part

6.  New Student at Welton
 Has to Face and Measure up to His
Brothers Reputation
 Older brother made many
contributions to the school and was
very well liked and very academic
 Is Unsure of Keating’s Teachings
 Shyness and lack of self confidence
holds him back
 Is scared to read in front of others, both
in class and at DPS meetings
 Gains Encouragement through Keating’s
Exercises

7.  Romantic Character who Discovers
the power of Poetry for Romance,
Love and ‘Wooing Women’
 Becomes Obsessed with Chris; the
soon to be Fiancé of Chet Danbury
 Writes Poetry about her
 Gathers Courage to Call her
 Gets invited to Party where His
Goal is to win her over
 Rides down to the neighboring
school to see her

8.  Grasps and Revels in Keating’s
Teachings
 Enthusiastic, Wild, Rebellious
 Brings girls into Dead Poets Society

9. Scenes that demonstrate leadership and the impact
leadership has on others

11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veYR3ZC9wMQ

12.  Means “Seize the day” or make the most of the moment
 Mr. Keating’s approaches his curriculum with unconventional ideas to the students that
strayed from the conventional practices
 The first lesson to his students was gathered from Robert Herrick’s famous lines:
 Gather the rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
To-morrow will be dying.
 Alongside education, there is also a spiritual side and a duty that the students have to
themselves to reach for more than just their education at Welton, to grow passion
 How is this relevant to leadership?
 Leadership takes more than just “managing” but adding to people’s life spiritually, that
in return they will respect their leader, follow their leader and become successful.

14. WHY DO
WE READ
AND WRITE POETRY?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS1esgRV4Rc

15.  Identifies with the truth that we all exist for a reason, and we have the opportunity to
become something great.
 Shows the true reason behind reading and understanding poetry
 Passion, Love, Hope, Beauty are what we stay alive for.

17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnAyr0kWRGE

18. Through this exercise Keating:
 Is teaching the boys to find their own way through life, not
strictly by the school’s and their parents principles and
guidelines, but through their own.
Shows that Sometimes giving freedom from conformity is
what it takes to be successful.
Shows the importance of living to your own rhythm
Demonstrates how hard it is to retain your believes in the face
of others

20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXu-1zM3BOQ

21.  Keating was a leader to his students.
 Lead them through high school and tough situations
 Encouraged them to try new things whether it’s following society standards or not
 From this scene of the movie, it goes to show people will follow a leader with great aptitude
because that value the leader’s honesty and integrity.
 As leader in a business world, it’s important to educate your team and to motivate them
to try new ideas, because new ideas are a working process to future success. When
employees are happy, their performance is much better, they’re more motivated and they
want to follow their leader, especially if the leader is upholds integrity and honesty to
their subordinates.