Who Killed Neil?

------My Review on Dead Poets Society In my opinion, Neil, as well as Mr. Keating, was just burn in a wrong time, which doomed the horrid tragedy of his death. That is, Neil did not survived in the two kinds of conflicts at that time, one of which was between the traditional ideas represented by his father’s paternalism and Mr. Keating’s education ideas ahead of his time, and the other between his pure spirit pursuit and the harsh reality.

Before Keating came along, Neil had been living a dead life. He was a distinguished and promising student, however, under the oppression of his father expectation and authority. Mr. Keating’s idea of “seizing the day” enlightened him and led him to think for himself. Against the school’s rules, he rebuilt the Dead Poet Society with his companions; against his father’s authority, he played secretly in the school drama. All his rebellious behaviors totally blazed up his father who insisted to transfer him to another school. Once his soul were emancipated to freedom, it was impossible for him to coward back to the fetter of his father. Therefore the irreconcilable conflicts between his insistence on “seizing the day” and refusal to yield to his father’s authority destroyed him. The other reason was that the reality obsessed with utilitarianism gave no room for a pure romanticist like Neil. Every time he and his companions ran into the old Indian cave through the dark and misty woods, he could actually feel the existence of freedom, and happiness, and himself, and the meaning of life. However, this kind of romance and ideal was just unrealistic and transient, because in the fight between ideal and reality, the former which was held by the minority could hardly survive the latter which dominated the overwhelming majority, which had been constantly verified by innumerable great forerunners. When Neil’s soul was once more entangled, he had to sacrifice his physical body to let his soul live.

第二篇：死亡诗社英文影评

He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

There's so much good about this movie. The first time I saw it I watched it solely for plot and I loved it. Now I've seen it again and watched Peter Weir's filming and timing which is also great. Robin Williams is a terrific actor when he's serious. He proved it in Good Will Hunting but he proved it first here. If you liked that movie and your liking it had something to do with Williams than you will like this one. The plot is about a number of students who are taught by Williams about life. They are taught how to enjoy themselves. This ends up causing great controversy among the heads of the school. The students are terrific and even the dialogue is great. This is a movie that I can't imagine anyone not liking. It is good in every way.

There are certain films that get under your skin, never to come out. They change your life, subtly altering your perceptions of reality, almost always for the better.

Dead Poets Society is one of those few films.

I saw the movie back when I was in High School. I had a teacher who told us that we really needed to watch it; in fact, it was our "homework" for the day. We didn't need to bring back a report, or talk about it in class. All he asked from us was to watch it, make up our own mind about it, and that was it. As you can imagine, many friends of mine didn't watch it at all; I did. And yes, I feel I changed a bit from there on.

Back when you are young, you never really stop to think what in the world you are doing with your life. You simply live for the day, hope your grades will be enough to pass, and that's it. Long term thinking involves maybe flirting with a girl. Nothing more. What this film showed me was that we have the

responsability and the joy of being alive in this planet. That we are dust, and we will go back to it, so we have precious little time to make a difference. That we have a moral obligation to "seize the day, and make our lives extraordinary" (my favorite quote in all movie history). That the world, basically is ours. That the only limitations are within ourselves, and that we owe it to us to fight, to rebel against conformity, to change what we hate and keep what we love. That living in this world is a beautiful responsability, and that only cowards dare not to change it for the better.

The fact that the cast was basically my age, and was passing through the

same dilemmas and situations I was facing made it all so much more powerful. So here I sit, 12 years from that day. I still don't think I have seized the day completely. But I keep on trying; I always will. I wonder how many people were transformed by this gem of a movie; I hope many.

10 out of 10. A definitive masterpiece.

The movie is one of the most wonderful films I have ever watched.To be honest,I were always thinking that there were few movies or stories that could indeed touch me from the bottom of my heart in the past few years .Now I have realized that there are good ones in the world .With tears I finished enjoying

the last five minutes.Alomst no words can describe my true feeling the moment the boys standing on the desks one by one calling the leaving teacher “oh, captain ,my captain .”in the sadest voice.The only thing I know is that I reallly like it . Yes ,the respectful teacher is their captain in their whole life .He makes the students know what life is .He interests them in the poets,but in fact in life . It helps me to see and understand the precious feelings between human beings better .I even have cried for a long time ,thinking of the things in the teacher’s eyes .He did not want to leave his students but he had to for his different teachig method against the traditional education system.

This story talks about a famous school,a group of rich students,a great teacher and the dead poets society.A sad one that can move anyone and cause one to think of our life we are leading.

Seeing the student named Neil dying for his dreams,I was reminded that my parents seldom asked me to do things I really had no interest or gave up my interest though they sometimes made decisions I didn’t like in the past of my life .So when I saw Neil’s father ,a stubborn man ,never allow Neil to act in the play which Neil likes most,I got shocked .We are human ,not

products .How can we stand being made into shapes as products?We human have thoughts and emotions .No one is born to make another happy .We are born to make ourselves happy and enjoy the sweety of the dreams we have in our heart.Neil was not born to be a doctor as his father thought.Neil killed

himself in the end .No ,it’s his father that killed his poor son .Without hope and dreams ,only with an arranged future ,Neil ended his young life . I do not know how despair he was when shot to himself . And I am not sure how sad when his parents saw their son died in the study. I saw they cried . I saw Neil’s friends running in the snow ,crying .

A young life dispeared.Whose fault ?One of his classmate called Carmon said the teacher encourged Neil should seek for his dream ,Mr.Keating should be blamed.But it is not the truth.The teacher just wanted the young to be happier and live a rich life . I like his words“I went to the woods because I

wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

Do their parents and the other teachers in the school know what the young want? Do they have an idea what their kids expect to be in the future ? Do they know what the students call this famous school ?Parents find the most

students graduated from this school become somebody in their country.They hoped their kids can be like them one day.But in students’mind it’s hell .Yes, it’s the hell on the earth .The same haircut ,the same books ,the same

suits,evething is the same .Do they ever think the young are not boys ,not yet men ,and all things they need are time ?It’s unfair for them to take on so much responsibility.

I feel sorry for them .They are full of passion for their life but they lead a poor life .They have no right to choose their future .They parents do that for

them .You grow to be a banker ,and you grow to be a doctor .They have a lot of money but they are feeling sorry for themselves .The young have done nothing wrong but they have to be a man what their parents ask them to be .Maybe tne only thing they did is wrong is that to be their parents’s sons .