The Film "The Dead Poets Society"

The film Dead Poets Society is about group of teenagers who study at Welton Academy. Four pillars of Welton Academy – tradition, excellence, honor and discipline describes their life in this school perfectly. As film is set in 1959 teaching methods are all about the tradition. Main character Mr. Keating challenges this tradition. He wants to remind that life is too short to not live life to the fullest. In all kind of ways, he tries to encourage them to express themselves. In the film there is conflict between Neil and his father. Neil young teenage boy who is very passionate about acting and wants to live out his dream, becoming an actor. His dad will never give his son a change to express his own feelings about his future he wants his son to live better life than he had. He cannot see Neil`s pain. Not even knowing he pushes his son too far. His father does not allow acting in play. But Neil is so passionate about play and following idea of Carpe Diem he acts in the play anyway. Both of them see this situation from their own side. Neil is seventy years old boy and thinks this play is the most important thing in his life. He is so good and all his friends are happy that he is fallowing his dream becoming an actor, but his father is so disappointed in him and mad that he participated in this play even he was forbidden. Neil kills himself, he did not see point of living anymore if he can`t do what he is passionate about. He made a suicide, because he did not see point of living, if he has to live his father`s dream of better life. There wasn`t reason for Neil to live anymore if he cannot do what he really loved.