There seem to be many similarities between Chris/Alex, Mr. Keating, the boys in "Dead Poet Society," Thoreu, and Emerson. Please discuss how some or all of these people follow the ideas of transcendentalism with examples from each of the stories or movie that you talk about.
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well alex and mr. keating are very simlair because they both follow the ideas of non conformity. even though they go about in different ways in showing it. like alex dose a lot of things that go against the current of conformity. like not wearing socks or by leaving without telling people hes leaving. mr. keating is like alex because he teachs the kide of the dead poets socity that sometimes it is better to go against the current of conformity and sometimes that it is a bad idea. the dead poet socity is is like alex because they dont relly know when to be a conformist and a non conformist. like when they got in trouble because they tried to get girls into the school. that is how i think they are all alike.
I think that Chris/Alex follows the idea of Transcendentalism by leaving his life behind him. He wanted to get away from society. Mr. Keating follows the idea of transcendentalism by following his own teaching method. He also told his students to tear the introduction out of their poetry books. The boys in "Dead Poets Society" follows the idea of Transcendentalism by doing there meetings behind their teachers backs. They also listen to Mr. Keating. Nobody else really expresses Transcendentalism.
All of these people/character follow the theme of transcendentalism because they all are people who have taken the risk of veering off the path that is set for them. Chris/Alex demonstrates this by ditching school and traveling the country. Mr. Keating follows this because of the way he chooses to teach his students about his classes, which follows into the next group: "The Dead Poet Society," which is basically something that Mr. Keating created and passed onto his students. It is something that is not allowed in their school but it doesn't stop them from expressing this secret 'club'. Thoreu and Emerson express transcendentalism because they both tie into a wander in the forest kind of theme. They both went off into the nature to live a life of their choosing, despite the thoughts of other. All of these people/characters got a lot out of their experiences through expressing transcendentalism.
Alex and Mr. Keating both follow transdentalism by doing things they belive in. They are both non-conformists. Mr. Keating is a non-conformist because he follows his own teaching meathod for that school. None of the other teachers at that school teach the way he does. But that doesn't stop him in being an individual and teaching in a way that he thinks is most effective. Alex follows transdentalism by being a non-conformist also. He belives in being his own person and away from civilization so much that he has actually adapted to living in the wild. He has no true home but the wild. He disconnected any contact he had with his family and left to be his own person. These are just a few of the many ways Mr. Keating and Alex are following the ideas of transcendentalism.
Chirs and all the others are examples big of individualism. Mr. Keating is an individual because the other teachers are very strict. Mr. Keating however isn't strict, he is realaxed and teaches his own way. The boys in the movie are like cthe teacher because they are in the Dead Poet Society. Thoreu, and Emerson are like chris because they are doing what they want to do. The students are starting to learn to be more transendental because of the teach. All of these people are conected in a special way of being transendental.
Chris, Mr. Keating, and all the boys are very good examples of transendentalism, well a few of the boys. For example, Mr. Keating's teaching style is very different than other teachers. He had each on of the boys stand on the desk, just to see the room at a different point of view. He also had them rip out a bunch of pages from their book because he didn't think that they needed them for anything. Most teachers would not do these sorts of things, and they would just be boring and like the rest of them. Chris is oviously a non-conformist because of what he is doing with him traveling into the wild and experiancing it. Also the one boy whose father made him quit yearbook, is not following the rules by going out for a play that he knows if he asked his fathers permission, it would be a definate no, and he is doing it anyway. This is how i think they are all alike and following non-conformity and transendenalism.
Sam Taranek
Chris/Alex, Mr. Keating, the boys in "Dead Poet Society," Thoreu, and Emerson all seem to have a similar outlook on life. They all have a proper understanding of transcendentalism. Each person approaches the topic differently, but with similar things in mind. The boys from "Dead Poet Society" all figure these things out on their own, but with guidance from their teacher. Chris/Alex just throws away life as he knows it and jumps into life of non-conformity. No matter what, the same lesson is learned from each story. Life is alot more interesting when on the road less traveled by.
There are a few different ways Chris/Alex is similar to Thoreu and Emerson. They all show that they are individual. They all follow what they think is right and no one else. This would be considered transcendentalism. In the story Chris goes off and lives in the wild and that is what Thoreu and Emerson pretty much did. They all lived the way that they wanted to. These characters may not have expressed transcendentalism in the same way but they are similar. I haven't been there to watch the movie but I am sure all the characters connect in some way.
Alex folows the idea of transcendentalism, because for many reasons. one is he is a very free thinker. no mater what other people say he always stands buy his opinions. His also has a lot of determination to finish the things he started and wants to do.He also dosint just wish to do things, if he really wants to do something the heel do it, Like traveling the states. Mr. Keating also folows the idea of transcendentalism. He dose it but being a non conformist. Hes a nonconformist because he teaches how he wants to, and they arent very traditional ways of teaching.
All of these characters are similar in many ways. Alex and mr.keating happen to be similar because they are both non conformists. However where Alex takes his non conformity to an extreme Mr.Keating shows it in a class room where he is still connected with the world. Mr.Keating shows transcendentalism by different methods in the class. Where all of the teachers at the school read from the book and believe in discipline, Mr.Keating believes in free thinking. All of these characters show their own ways of transcendentalism. They all believe in non conformity but i think they have different out looks on life becasue they show it in different ways.
Chris, Keating, and the students are most alike in my opinion. The others i didn't really understand much. Chris leaves his family behind is an example of transendentalisum. Also him and his socks at the MCdonalds is a form on non-conformity. Keating doesn't really follow the guild lines of the school and teaches his own way. The students rip out the intro. to a poem in his class and the head of the school walking in and was like, " what the hell. " As i said before i dont really see how the other relate because i didn't undersatand them much.
i think that all these characters do have something in common. i think that all these characters do share transcendentalism as a characteristic. i think they share this feature because they all had a different opinion about life and how they should live it. like when Alex separates his whole life to create a new religion, culture, and fulfill his philosophy. and the boys in "dead poet society" they go against the school and talked about the beloved poets that have died. and how Mr.Keeting teaches his students. that was my opinion on how they all resemble each other.
I think that Chris/Alex, Mr. Keating, the boys in "Dead Poet Society", Thereau and Emerson follow the ideas of transcendentalism. Chris/Alex does by leaving something he did not believe in (his parents's rules) and went to pursue his own dreams by walking with the wild. Mr. Keating is an obvious transcendentalist by just the way he runs his class. He has the boys rip out their introductions in their books, stand up on desks, and walk around in the courtyard. Along with Mr. Keating, comes the "Dead Poets Society". Basically, the "Dead Poets Society" is a club in which they sneak out at night (against the rules) and go to a cave and read poetry. The boys in some way or another practice transcendentalism because they all sneak out at night when they are not allowed to. Lastly, Thoreau and Emerson both followed transcendentalism because Emerson "took the road less traveled on" and Thoreau did the same thing as Chris/Alex by living in the woods. All of the above people all practice transcendentalism.
Alex, Mr. Keating and the boys are non-conformist. Alex was a non-conformist by not doing what a average human would do. The average human would have gone back to the road after almost dieing in the bus. Mr. Keating is a big non-conformist. His teaching styles are different then what you would expect from a professor at a prestigious school. The boys aren't like the average student in the school. They do stuff to test the boundaries of the school, such as the attempt to get girls into the school. Basically, all 3 people/groups aren't your average people.
There are many similarities with the kids in the dead poets society and Alex. They are all strong believers in non conformity. The kids in the movie show this by going out into the courtyard and walking however they wanted. It was also demonstrated when they created the club again. Chris shows this by going off into the wild and living on his own. He didnt care what others thought of what he was doing, he just followed through with his beliefs. Another smaller way was as soon he was done with his job he took his socks off. Although they dont demostrate these beliefs in the same way, they all do think the same way.
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