Do you have any questions about Dead Poets' Society? Perhaps you are confused about who a character is (Which one is Charlie?) or about something that happened in the movie (Why did Neil read a poem to start the Dead Poets' Society meeting?). Post a question here (or an observation about the movie) and I'll respond to it. Check back periodically and read what people have asked and my response.
16 comments:
How did they know exactly what to do in the Dead Poets Society? How did they know where to go?
Why don't they tell the teacher that there remaking the dead poets society
What's with the cloaks? They look like they're about to go trick or treating! And how did they not get caught, seeing as they made so much noise?
how did they know where and how to conduct the mettings?
Who are the kids in the group?
Who's the leader?
It was very unorthadox for a teacher to tell students to rip out a page from a study book.
How did the boy find the book about the society?
How did they know how to run the Dead Poets society?
Does the movie take place in Vermont?
How can you tell who's who because I don't know the difference between them ?
How did they know so much detail on something that was ment to be very secretive?
How did the school people not hear the boys sneak out?
Let me try to answer some of your questions:
I think that the book that Neil gets (from Mr. Keating) had a limited amount of info about the meetings. That, in combination with what Mr. Keating told the boys as well as Neil's own leadership skills resulted in the meetings being run the way they were. When they heard about the meetings, one of the boys knew about the cave and was able to lead them to it.
I don't think they told Mr. Keating about the Dead Poets' Society meetings because they knew they weren't supposed to leave campus, especially after curfew.
The cloaks would be part of the director's efforts to create a mysterious effect. They did make a lot of noise at the meetings, but presumably the cave was located far away from the school in the middle of a deserted woods. No one could hear them.
The Dead Poets' Society consists of Neil, Todd, Knox, Charlie, Meeks, Cameron and Pitts--the girls that Charlie invited could also be included if you want to count them.
The unofficial leader of the DPS is Neil. He is the one that the group of friends look to--not only for the DPS meetings but just in general life.
Regarding ripping the chapter out of the book, it certainly gained the attention of the boys and brought about much criticism. Do you think the boys actually understood what Mr. Keating was trying to prove by having them do that?
The book that you are referring to is called "Five Centuries of Verse" and it "mysteriously" showed up in Neil's desk. I think Mr. Keating put it there.
The setting of the movie is at Welton Academy, a fictitious (not real) school in Vermont.
Many of you are having difficulty deciphering between the characters because they do look alike. Knox and Charlie look similar; Neil and Todd look similar; and Cameron and Meeks look similar. It doesn't help that they have to wear school uniforms. It took me several times of watching the movie before I could distinguish between each character.
The boys were very quiet when sneaking out. They even gave the dog treats to keep quiet. I'm guessing the teachers depended upon the dog to alert them of disturbances. The treats took care of that.
Please let me know what other questions you have. Thanks.
what will happen to them when the teacher finds out that they recreated the dead poets society
How did they know exactly what to do when they got to the dead poets's society meeting place.
Basically, I think that Neil had an idea of what to do at the meetings and then they just made up the rest. They all understood that they were to pick poems and read them. Everything else just developed as they went along. This group of students seemed to be pretty creative so I think they get a lot of credit for making the meetings as interesting and enjoyable for them as they were.
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