Notes on Dead Poets Society 

Neil attends an all male college

His roommate is a new student named Todd Anderson

Neil's father is very strict, forces him to quit being the editor for the schools newspaper

English teacher Mr. Keating casually strolls through the class on the first day and then leaves, expecting his students to follow

The class is still standing in the hallway, he has student read poetry, tells his students to seize the day and make their lives extraordinary

The next day, Mr. Keating has Neil read "Understanding Poetry" and then rip the page out of their books, as well as the entire introduction to poetry. He doesn't like trying to measure poetry, wants to teach his students to think for themselves

Kids find old yearbook from when Mr. Keating was in school, mentions him being a member of the Dead Poets Society, question him on what it is

Neil wants to recreate the Dead Poets Society and convinces his group of friends to join him

The new Dead Poets Society convenes after hours

Mr. Keating stands on his desk to remind himself that he must constantly remind himself to look at things in a different way, assigns students to write a poem

Neil wants to be an actor and try out for a part in A Midsummer Night's Dream

Mr. Keating has the students read lines from a poem and then kick a soccer ball?

Neil gets a part in the play, forges a letter from his father giving him permission

Todd didn't write a poem, Mr. Keating inspires him to make something up

Mr. Keating has the english class playing soccer again

The Dead Poets Society reconvenes smoking pipes, someone playing saxophone

Knox Overstreet works up the confidence to call up the Danburry girl

Mr. Keating has his students marching outside to teach them about conformity

Todd's birthday, his parents give him the same desk set as they gave him the previous year, Neil convinces him to toss it off a bridge

Dead Poets Society reconvenes, two girls there with them



The setting of this film is couldn't really be more different than that of the previous one - they are both schools, and then the similarities stop there. Different decade, different type of school, different class of people, nothing is the same. Mr Escalante and Mr. Keating are similar though, both have unorthodox teaching styles and are very good at engaging their students.