“Carpe diem boys, seize the day!” Robin Williams’ character exclaims in the film “Dead Poets Society”. Professor John Keating is trying to teach his students to follow their own hearts and minds instead of the ideals being taught at their strict boarding school.
The difficulty in following this advice in today’s society is that there are rules that may be broken in order to “seize the day”. In the movie, Professor Keating was trying to get the students to start thinking for themselves and to take control of their lives. They lived in a very rigid and strict environment where there were four pillars of ideals that a student must attain and follow. These were excellence, honor, tradition and discipline. Although these ideals are on
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