Dead Poets Society Assignment

By Sebastian Lacey
#1: Neil Perry
The challenge that Neil faces is that his dad runs his life, he doesnt really ha!e
any control o!er the decisions that he faces in his life" #e deals $ith the challenge
at first obeying his orders" But he finds a lo!e for acting and decides to audition"
#e gets the %art and doesnt tell his father" #is dad finds out in the end and $ants
him to enroll in military school" Neil finally has enough and ta&es his life"
Todd Anderson
The challenge that Todd faces is that he li!es in his brothers shado$ $ho $as the
!alid 'ictorian" Todd deals $ith the %roblem by finding himself" (ith the hel% of
)ohn *eating, he learns that hes !ery talented at %oetry"
*no+ ,!erstreet
The challenge that *no+ faces is that he is in lo!e $ith the -hris Noel but she
already has a boyfriend" *no+ deals $ith it by learning to sei.e the day and guns
for her" /t ends $ith him $inning the girl"
#0: )ohn *eating
)ohn influenced the characters in this mo!ie because he taught them to thin& for
themsel!es" #e hel%ed them find themsel!es as a %erson" (ith Neil, he hel%ed
him find his lo!e for acting" Also, he hel%ed Todd find his talents, $hich $as
%oetry" #e told them to sei.e the day, and it hel%ed *no+ $in the heart of -hris
Noel e!en $hen he faced ad!ersity"
Norman Lloyd
Norman influenced the characters in the mo!ie by ma&ing sure that they learned
by the boo&" #e $as against )ohn *eating and all his teachings" 1!eryone $as
scared of him" -ameron e!en $ent against his o$n friends because he $as scared
of $hat Lloyd might do to him"
Neil Perry
Neil influenced the characters in the mo!ie because he made the grou% of boys
ta&e ris&s, and hel%ed them get out of their shell" #e started u% again the Dead
Poets Society $hich $as a $ay to get a$ay from the school life" #e hel%ed them
to ha!e a good time"
-haracter 2amily (ealth 3
Status
-onnections Natural
Talents 3
Abilities
Decisions
4ade by
,thers for
#im
Neil Perry Dad made
e!ery
decision for
him
56uitting his
#is family
didnt ha!e a
lot of
$ealth, so he
had to $or&
All the
%eo%le in the
%lay"
#e $as a
great actor
and leader"
Dad made
him go to
military
school and
dro% his
fa!orite
club, ma&ing
him go to
military
school
e+tra hard to
get
scholarshi%s
to
uni!ersities"
fa!orite
club"
Todd
Anderson
#is brother
$as a great
decision,
had to li!e in
his shado$"
#ad a lot of
$ealth"
All the guys
in the grou%
and 4r
*eating"
7reat at
%oetry"
Dad made
him let 4r
*eating ta&e
the blame
for
something
he didnt do"
*no+
,!erstreet
4ade him
go to (elton
#ad a lot of
$ealy8
Danberrys 7ood at
%oetry
-hris said no
to his
%ro%osal of
dating
#9: /t influenced the characters that remain because )ohn *eating $as later fired and 4r"
Lloyd too& o!er as the 1nglish teacher" The &ids therefore didnt ha!e him as a teacher
anymore" But it influenced the grou% by not letting anyone ma&e decisions for them"
They sho$ed this e+am%le at the end $hen they all stand against Lloyd and gi!e 4r"
*eating a %ro%er fare$ell"
#:: The tagline ;#e $as their ins%iration" #e made their li!es e+traordinary< means that
4r" *eating changed their li!es" #e made their li!es more then 8ust reading the boo&s,
getting good grades and listening to their %arents" #e made them thin& outside the bo+,
find their talents, and made decisions for themsel!es" #e made their school life more than
any other student at (elton" #e $as their ins%iration, they listened to him and he taught
them about life"