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Dead Poets Society - "Of all Mr. Keating's students, the only one to grow under his influence is Todd Anderson." Do you agree?
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Topic: "Of all Mr. Keating's students, the only one to grow under his influence is Todd Anderson." Do you agree? Dead Poets Society depicts the struggle between the two extremes, Romanticism and Realism, and the way that each character deals with it. Neil, Nwanda and Knox all go overboard into extreme romanticism, while Cameron adamantly stays on the side of realism. Todd is the only one who finds a middle ground between the two and truly grows through Mr. Keating's influence. Cameron is the perfect example of everything Keating is against. During the procession in the beginning of the movie, he is holding the banner that says "tradition," and symbolises this for the entire movie. Keating begins his unorthodox teaching methods by showing his students pictures of previous Welton graduates "Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? ... Carpe... hear it? ...carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your...
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