John Keating is the charismatic, energetic English teacher who inspires the students of Welton Academy to rebel against their families and other teachers. Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extraordinary!

He brings Neil home and tells him that he’ll be going to a rigorous military academy from now on—clearly, Welton is distracting him from his “goals” of being a doctor. Also, the novel alludes to many other poems and authors, most notably the great 19th century poet Walt Whitman. College will also expose you to all manner of literature—much of it transcendent works of magic that you must devour; some of it utter dreck that you must avoid like the plague. Perry, Will Hochman as Knox Overstreet, Cody Kostro as Charlie Dalton, Yaron Lotan as Richard Cameron, and Bubba Weiler as Steven Meeks.It shows that students are on the weak side and succumbed to pressures but the future would be different. The 60s, by contrast, are often regarded as a decade of radical social change—the era when diverse groups of people, many of them young, educated students, mobilized to oppose what they saw as the injustice of their society and won key victories in civil rights in the process. After Keating loses his job and comes to class to collect his belongings, students pay their respect in front of the headmaster. Faced with the crushing conformity of boarding school life, John Keating inspires many of his students to rebel against the repressive, sometimes tyrannical culture at Welton Academy. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you.

I started to read this book -- and couldn't get past the first chapter -- unfortunately, like other, books written after the movie was made, it falls short of literary sparkle. The headmaster of the prestigious Welton Academy, Nolan is a severe, strict man, who governs Welton with an iron fist and has boundless respect for the school’s tradition.Subsequent lessons include Keating having the students take turns standing on his desk to demonstrate ways to look at life differently, telling them to rip out the introduction of their poetry books which explains a mathematical formula used for rating poetry, and inviting them to make up their own style of walking in a courtyard to encourage their individualism. Keating los alienta a ahondar dentro de sus espíritus para hallar qué los motiva y a luchar por defender su individualidad y el valor de ésta en un mundo que pisotea fervientemente el ardor creativo en post de la eficiencia mecánica. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. Charlie publishes an article in the school newspaper in the club's name suggesting that girls be admitted to Welton. Neil convinces his friends, including Knox, Cameron, Charlie, and Todd, to go to the cave, and together they read from the poetry anthology, gradually becoming transfixed by the poems’ beauty.