Dead Poets Society
...llow him to pursue his acting dream because he wants him to become a doctor. Mr. Perry blames Mr. Keating on his teachings that his son shot himself. One thing that Mr. Keating does positively to influence Neil and his classmates was carpe diem, which means seize the day. Mr. Keating told them this because it means live everyday to the fullest because it may be your last. Neil and his classmates thought that Mr. Keating was crazy because when he told them about carpe diem he made the whole class leave the classroom go into the hallway and look at a showcase and listen to the pictures. Another thing that Mr. Keating did to influence his students was the dead poets society. When the students were looking at an old yearbook they saw Mr. Keatings picture in there and under his picture said a caption leader of the dead poets society. The students were so curious about what the dead poets society was, that Mr. Keating gave them a book that contained all of the necessary ceremonial procedures to do at the beginning of all the dead poet society meetings. One last thing that Mr. Keating taught his students was when to be wise. He taught them a famous saying it states that wise know when to b...