Let the dreams get unleashed...

DEAD POETS SOCIETY
 "Carpe deim. Seize the day boys. Make your lives extraordinary".

'Carpe deim' remained just as a latin phrase to me until I watched this film. Keatings, an unconventional teacher is every child's dream. The way Robin Williams presents himself as a teacher is a delight to watch. The methodologies handled by Keatings will be influential for budding teachers. His students grasp the essence of Carpe deim and exercise it fearlessly. This film is itself a poem with many beautiful lines.

                                     All The Poems In 'Dead Poets Society'

What does dream mean to a person?

       It means life to few. It is through which many wishes to spend one’s prime life. Can such passions be imposed on oneself? Neil succumbed to such imposition. He got himself trapped between performing duties as a son and following his dreams against his parents. He struggled to relief himself from this emotional tangle.

What if the world let such people survive? Impediments must make one stronger and more passionate towards one’s goal rather than stopping them from what one loves.   

Society must respect the individual and not expect one to fulfill their expectations. There is no yardstick to measure the quality of one’s passion. It is the person’s determination and love for it that matters. Is it wrong on the part of parents to aspire and decide the child’s future? If yes, then, what must be their role in a child’s life? They must provide opportunities and resources in helping them find their dreams and support them in the process of attaining it.

People who dropped their dreams for making others happy, lose their happiness in the process. Eventually, happiness matters the most not the material wealth.

“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life; and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.”  

Let every child dream. Let every child live his own life. Even if it turns out to be a failure, they will have the satisfaction of working towards it.

 


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