1. Most influential person i have in my life would be my nany, she always keeps me going through the good and bad.
 2. I dont really like poetry.
3. I agree with the quote and that everything should be looked at in a diffrent perspective.
4. i think that one think that i should always hold on to is to work hard through any situation. Good or bad, and never stop trying my best.

1. I think Neil would have committed suicide either way, with or without Mr. Keating. Maybe not at the same time but i think he would eventually commit suicide because of his father. Neils father didnt take into consideration neils love for theater arts, and acting. All he wanted is for neil to forget whatever it was that he really wanted to be to become a doctor. Neils father was controlling with or without Mr. Keating so Neil would have killed himself either way.

2. Knox was definitely the bravest of the bunch. He did what all the other boys didnt think he, or any of them would ever do. He went after his dream girl even with her big scary boyfriend in the way. He didnt stop approching her until she realised how much knox "loved" her. The coward would have to be Steven meaks for ratting on all the boys and blaming everything on Mr. Keating.

3. I do think that Mr. Keating put the book in neils room. Yea, maybe he said the administration wouldnt look favorably on it, but mr keating didnt really care what the administration thinks. If he did then he would follow all the teaching rules, which he didnt.

Theme

The Dead Poets Society was a movie based in Welton Academy it was an all boy prep school. Where everyone being taught there is already pre-planned on what they are going to by their parents and until a new English teacher comes to their school to teach they follow these rules. Mr. Keating who became the English teacher for Welton Academy teaches the children that they need to be individuals and the fundamentals of poetry and that it cannot be rated on a scale like they are supposed to be taught. Following after the first couple lessons he teaches the children become very interested and admire Mr. Keating and show him a book a year book of Mr. Keating's class when he himself had graduated from Welton. From that he get's asked what the Dead Poet Society is and he tells them that when he was in school he and his friends would go to an old indian cave and read poetry to each other. The children become interested and decide to reform the secret society. From that point on the kids make drastic changes in themselves and become individuals. Neil Perry then decides he's going to follow what he loves which is acting and get's the main role in a local play. He lies and forges a letter pretending to be his dad and get's the part. Later his dad finds out that he's in the play and forces him to get out of the play Neil disobeys his father because he's supposed to be out of town in Chicago for 4 days during the play his father comes to the play and see's Neil acting and his furious. He then brings him home and yells at him telling him he's going to be going to a military school, and going to Harvard to become a doctor. Neil feels like this is the end of life, so he decides to take his own life to not be forced to live a life he hates. This dramatic event gets Mr. Keating fired because the school believes that because Mr. Keating preached individuality to the children it made him pursue acting which ultimately resulted in the suicide of Neil Perry. So because of this they put the blame completely on Mr. Keating and he was fired and in the end the children stood on top of their desks while Mr. Keating was leaving his class and shouted “Captain my captain!” the movie then ended. This movie was great it contains a lot of good themes, but the main one I feel is repeated throughout the story is be yourself and do not conform to what others do and tell you to do because that's not who you are

Character Questions

1. In my opinion I think Knox transformed the most throughout the story because he got his dream girl at the end. At first he didn't even know how to really approach a female but with the poetry class with Mr. Keating he learned how to use his emotions correctly to approach and win over his dream girl.

2. Mr. Keating was a static character because he was joyful and used his emotions all throughout the story. Even at the end when he got kicked out of the school. He still had a smile on his face.

3.Mr Keating was a static character because he did not change throughout the story. He kept a smile on his face while teaching the boys how to dig deep in their emotions. Even when he had to leave the school at the end he still smiled as the boys cherished him.

4. Todd: He was timid at first, But Mr. keating helped todd bring out his emotions toward the end. 

Neil: He wants to pursue acting, but his controlling dad wont let him due to wanting neil to be a doctor. 

Knox: He wants to go for his dream girl, but she has a big scary jerk as a boyfriend and he cant approach her correctly without him in the way.

Charlie: He was the most rebellious of them all, but he would never rat out his friends. 

 

Mona Lisa Smile

1.  The role of women in the 1950s were portrayed as basically a house wife. One who is married of course. Basically a  person that cooks for husband/ kids, and a one who maintains the house and keeps it in tip-top shape. The role of a women in the 1950s was not easy, not only did they have to cook and clean, but they also had to look good all the time. By having their self maintenance and makeup/ hair done all the time. Ms. Warson however, was different. Not only was she not married, but she also didn't walk around with her hair and makeup done all the time. She stood out, and she really didnt care of being a typical 1950s women.

5. I do not think Betty was happy with her marriage. I believe at first she was just happy that she met the standers of the typicall 1950s women being married and having a house and all. But i think she rushed into things which led to her not being happy in the long run with her husband having affairs and her marriage falling apart. I think her mother was also rushing betty to become a typical 1950s women. thats why she didnt let her stay with her. She wanted betty to be married with a home and basically be a housewife.