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A review of dead poets society

After seeing and enjoying “dead poets society”,I start to think about how to keep the balance between ideal and reality.

The movie was Oscar Award for Best Original Screenplay,and the chief actor Robin Williams was also nominated Oscar Award for Best Actor.He is undoubtedly a remarkable actor and also one of my favorate,he created many film roles and each one is special.He was exactly Mr.Keating in this movie,you will never think of his other roles.

The film tells us a story of the U.S wilton rlite school in 1959.It is a traditional and old fashioned school which is like a prison.The new teacher Keating’s teaching method was not accepted by his students in the beginning because they were under the huge pressure to be outstanding.In his classroom,he encouraged his students to stand on the desk,with a new perspective to observe the world around.He introduced many thoughful poetry to students,even allow students to tear up those dull textbooks.He called himself captain,and he eventually was accepted and supported by his “sailers”,and lead them to find their dream and ideal job,which cause other old fashioned teachers’exclusion.Then there is another trigger that lead to the sad end.A student Neil want to be an actor and seize his own dream but his father issisted that he would be a lawer in the future,Neil was despiared and suisided after a fight with his father,his death was blamed to Keating’s abet and he was fired from the school.When he goes out of his classroom,many of his students stand on the desk and shout out”Oh,captain,my captain!”And this scene was my favorate.

In the real world we can’t come to terms with reality at all times,or else we can’t achieve our dreams and we’ll become the slave of life.On the country,blind pursuit of ideal is extremely dangerous because it would make us defeatdg by the cruel reality.Thus we must look for the most appropriate method to seek for dreams and try our best to keep the balance between ideal and reality.

第二篇：死亡诗社观后感(英文)

What Makes A Boy A Man

Daed Poets Society

There are certain films that can heavily shock your soul, then elicit your thinking, and finally change your life. No doubt Dead Poets Society is one of these infrequent films. It is a film about a teacher and his students. It is a film about perseverance and change. It is a film about love and cruelty.

The film is set in the United States in 1959. It shows us a series of things which happened to Mr.Keating and the young boys in Wilton Preparatory School.

Mr.John Keating is certainly the main character of this film. He is a respectable teacher with a high self-cultivation. He has an advanced conception which is different from tranditional educatin. The other two main characters are Neil, a boy who is keen on performing, and Todd, a boy with a little shyness. From Todd, I see how a boy grows into a man.

The film starts with the opening ceremony of Wilton Preparatory School. Todd, a shy boy, starts his school life with his roommate, Neil. On the first lesson, their taecher, Mr.Keating, just told them ‘Seize the day, make your life extraordinary’. He reads Whitman’s poet Oh Captain! My Captain. He taught the students to swim against the steam and to be themselves but not to perform. Students regard Mr.Keating as a different teacher.

Neil rebuilds the ‘Dead Poets Society’. The menbers fall in love with poets, as well as Todd. When Mr.Keating asks students to try writing a poem, Todd has no idea. Mr.Keating is quite angry. With Mr.Keating’s stimulation, the youngster first time shows great talent, reading his own poem loudly.

On the evening of Todd’s birthday, he talks about his birthday present which is the same every year and his brother ,who is so excellent that makes him feel inferior, with Neil, with sadness and a little self-mockery on his face. Neil encourages him a lot. Finally, Todd breaks up the disgusting present. Todd smiles to Neil, from the bottom of his heart.

Neil has a sading ending. After performing on the stage, Neil’s father takes him home and warns him again. He just wants his son to be a doctor. Feeling despairing, in the midmight, Neil commits suicide with a gun. Both Neil’s parents and the school think that Mr.Keating is the only reason for Neil’s death and decide to fire him. A second before Mr.Keating leaves the classroom, Todd stands up on the desk for his

captain, with the menbers of Dead Poets Society followed. At that time, Todd throws out his recreance and becomes a real man.

That is the end of this film. I have to say that Neil’s death is a certain event, whether there is a ‘John Keating’ or not. It is not hard to see the long distance between ideality and reality. What Mr.Keating said and taught just strengthens the conflict between Neil’s heart and traditional conception. Neil despairs, but Todd doesn’t. We can see that Todd learns a lot from Neil and Mr.Keating, such as optimist, perseverance, courage and many other qualities which he doesn’t have before. So he stands up, and dares to shout what he thinks.

I love the boy named Todd and his growth. I love the teacher called Captain and his freedom. I love the beauty of dream, as well as the cruelty of reality. The film is not only a profound story but also a sincere advice. Seize the day, make your life extraodinary. We just need to be ourselves and grow up step by step, with a clear conscience and a tenacious spirit, like a boy grows into a man.