Comment on movie watching The Dead Poets Society *tugas mata kuliah poetry*

The movie focuses on elit prep high school, how the rules are strictly respected through the years and the importance of study for the future. The parents want the best for their kids and as the consequences the kids in that school need to learn so hard to become whatever they wanted--or whatever their parents want them to be. The learning process is on the number priority for teachers and students, everything went well just like the other previous year that has already begun, until an appearance of one new English teacher come to school and start his class, teaching about poetry. The norm that has long been worshiped slowly changing.

The eccentric English teacher, named Keating appeared to be has quite different point of view in a way of teaching methods that using in class. The boring, pressured class atmosphere replaced by the introductory to freedom of expression where everyone is welcomed to do the unusual thing such as; rubbing the first page of text book that contains principle of how to measure poetry because poetry is something that cannot be measured or standing on tables while screaming out and jumping down on the floor just to teach children how to see different angle.

Each of students tend to have special character that they show in this movie, Todd the clumsy and obedient student is the one following the rules, at least only in the beginning, hardly even talk. Neil, always come with fresh idea and technically the leader in group and passionately eager to play drama even if his father never give the permission because he is planned to be the future doctor, Neil committed suicide in his home by his father’s gunshot and becoming the climactic scene of the movie. Knox, craziest action is on his head ended up into chaos at the end. Charlie, one sided love cannot stop him to put his maximum effort to get his dream girl.

If this movie thought us something, it is nothing but how we need to protect the freedom we have even if it means we have the world against us. Latin expression “carpe diem” which literally means “seize the day” that inspired the students to do what they do, to cherish every day they have. How strong and influential one short expression yet giving such unbelievable impact.