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Dead Poets Society

Why had the motto “Seize the day”such an influence on the boys?
something different
a change
to flee from everyday school life
to be together in a group of friends
to get to know poems
to read out own poems
to get in contact with girls

“Carpe Diem”/”Seize the day” has an effect on each boy in a different way:

Changes and what they bring about:
Todd Anderson: - dares to read out his own poem in the club
- gets more self-confident
( at the end stands up against Mr. Nolan’s warning
( risks his expulsion
Knox Overstreet: - falls in love with Chris
( recognizes, that this love is everything for him
( even if he makes a fool of himself
( Chris falls in love with him, too
Neil Perry: - loves acting, even without the permission of his father
( it’s everything for him
- gets more self-confident, because of the experience in
the club
( acts against his father’s will
( at the end he shoots himself, because he doesn’t want to live the life his father has designed for him
( he rebells against his parents

Charlie Dalton: - tries to introduce new things in the club and in the school:
( takes girls to the cave
( writes the school-paper article, which says that girls
should be accepted at Welton
( paints an Indian Warrior symbol for virility on his body
( wants to drive girls crazy
( supports his poem with music (saxophon)
( for him, not only one thing is important, he wants to experiment many things
( the one who knows what will happen, because of
Mr. Nolan’s humiliation
( doesn’t want to give in, because he supports the truth
at the end the one who is thrown out and he accepts it
Richard Cameron: - is a hanger-on
- the club doesn’t mean very much (nothing?) to him
- is the first one, who goes to the headmaster to tell him
everything about the club
(club doesn’t change him
(his own school-career is more important than the truth
( Is he a realist or an opportunist??
by Melanie Stenzhorn,
14th January 2004

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