DEAD POETS SOCIETY

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DEAD POETS SOCIETY

• A novel by N. H. Kleinbaum

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Based on the motion picture

• The story of a group of boys at Welton Academy, a
  private prep school in Vermont.

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The four pillars of the school

• Tradition
• Honour
• Discipline
• Excellence

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Main characters

• Mr. John Keating the new English professor who
  tries to challenge his students to make their
  lives extraordinary.

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Main characters

• Neil Perry a charming and clever student with a
  secret dream of becoming an actor, mortally
  afraid of his father.
• Todd Anderson a timid and quiet boy who lives
  in the shadow of an excellent brother and
  indifferent parents.

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Other characters to remember

• Dean Nolan
• Mr. McAllister

• Charlie Dalton
• Knox Overstreet
• Richard Cameron
• Steven Meeks
• Gerard Pitts

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Ivy League boys

• Expectations
• Facade
• Status

• Money
• Success
• Career

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The Dead Poets Society

• Keating turns the boys on to the words of great
  poets and the boys resurrect this secret club
  where they can let their passions run wild.

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Poetry...is what we stay alive for

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• Two roads diverged in a wood , and I
• I took the one less traveled by,
• And that has made all the difference

• Come my friends,
• Tis not too late to seek a newer world
• For my purpuse holds
• To sail beyond the sunset

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Carpe Diem

• Keating teaches them that to make each moment
  count is important but the boys have to
  realize, too, that freedom has its price!

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Arbejdsgangen

• Ch. 1-4 klasseundervisning
• Ch. 5-8 elevreferater
• Ch. 9-12 arbejdsspørgsmål i grupper
• Ch.13-15 mundtlige fremlæggelser
• Arbejdsspørgsmål og analyse af hele bogen
• Sammenligne med FILMEN