retting a thing in the future. The way Professor Keating taught was successful in the way that he made his students realize that they need to live their own lives. . An example is when he teaches the boys "Carpe Diem (Seize the day)." In the movie, Tim repeatedly says that when he is trying to win over a girl. Keating is successful because he teaches Tim to go after what he wants and Tim was persistent enough to keep at it and winds up getting her. Another example is when Neil decides to be an actor in a play. Even though his father is against it, Neil does is anyway cause he knows he has what it takes and he feels he has nothing to lose. I feel that if Keating did not teach his students to be themselves, Neil would have never gone against his father and he would have never enjoyed his life. When Neil kills himself at the end I think the blame is on his father because he would not let him do what he wants to do in his heart, he wasnt being supportive of his sons wants. I feel that Keating had a very positive influence on him. Because of Keatings teachings, his students learned to live their own lives to the fullest. Professor Keating tries to teach his students to be themselves. In one of Keating's lessons, he leaps on top of his desk and has the students follow his lead. At first, the boys were reluctant to get up there but then Keating says to look at life from a different perspective. By doing this, the students see life at a different angle and understand there is not just one perspective on life. Another lesson he taught, he takes the students out into the courtyard and tells them to march. At first, all of them are marching in there own way. Soon enough, they all start marching together in sync except for Charlie, who says he is exercising his right not to march. The point of his lesson was to show the students that were being followers and that it was societys fault. When Charlie says that he would not march, Kea...
