1.) The character which transformed the most was Todd. He shows up to the school very quiet and very shy, unlike the other boys who are the very opposite. He is even very nervous to read in front of anyone, like when he requests not to read in the Dead Poets Society. When Mr. Keating has him go in front of the class and spin around and say what comes to mind, he starts to come out of his shell. He really changes towards the end when Mr. Keating is leaving. He stands up on the desk and says O Captain My Captain. He starts to stand up for what he believes and his views.
2.) The first character that is static in nature would have to be Charlie. He is always pretty defiant and is that way until the end of the movie. It starts when Mr. Keating is doing a lesson outside and he is showing them how to stand and walk in the line and he wants to do something completely different. This shows that he has always kind of had that rebel attitude and always wanted to be different. Also, he continues to be a trouble maker when he has the Dead Poets Society put in the newspaper and then admits it in the school meeting with a joke. Another static character would have to be Knox. Throughout the movie, he is just focused on one thing, a girl. He is focused on trying to make her his and eventually does, but goes through some trials.
3.) Mr. Keating is a intelligent teacher who is great at leading. He is very serious about what he does and you can tell that he loves it. He is very great at leading because he tries to show the boys that you should see things in other perspectives besides your own. I do think he was changed by the experience in the film especially after Neil had killed himself. He has always been the type to encourage people to follow their dreams, but after the suicide I think that he is a little less outspoken about things and feels bad because he did take a little part in telling Neil to do acting, which is not what his father wanted. I feel this might change some of his personal opinions on some things and how he handles some situations. The death affected him greatly and he seemed to take a lot of the responsibility for it. In the end, he also seems like he is going to do great things when he leaves and encourage kids to do what they want, but not to the same extent.
4.) Todd has the fear of being outgoing. In the beginning, he is very shy and does not even want to read in front of people. I feel as if he did overcome this fear, especially because of Mr. Keating making him get up in front of the class. He also was the one to stand up for Mr. Keating at the end of the movie when he is leaving. Neil has the fear of his father. His father is very strict about what he wants his son to do and will not let him do anything else besides it. I do not think Neil overcame this fear, because instead of standing up to his dad and explaining how much he loved acting, he killed himself. He took another route that was not the best instead of talking to his dad and trying to get him to see that is what he loved to do. Knox was afraid of losing the girl. He wanted her to be with him so bad, the only problem was she already had a boyfriend. He did a lot of things to get her attention, especially when he went to her school and gave her flowers. She was all he thought about, and he even broke the rules to see her. I think he did overcome the fear because he eventually got the girl and was finally content. Charlie had the fear of being normal. He wanted to stand out and be different from everyone else and was afraid of being like everyone else. I do not think he overcame this fear because he always continued to try to stand out so bad and even went so far as to become expelled over it because he admitted to doing wrong in a immature way.
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