O Captain My Captain

   Sometimes you watch a movie and regret that you didn’t watch it before. And you say to yourself “why didn’t i watch it before, where were i?”. That movie just suits this sentence. And i was really regret because i have just watched it yet. That is “Dead Poets Society”.

  “O captain my captain. Who knows where that comes from? Anybody? Not a clue? It is from a poem by Walt Whitman abour Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in this class you can either call me Mr. Keating or if you’re slightly more daring, O Captain, My Captain.”

  These are words from Mr. Keating and probably “o captain my captain” is the famous replic of the movie. Let me explain that how did i decided to watch this movie. A few weeks ago i learned from news that a famous actor Robin Williams has died. And the people were talking about one of his famous movie “Dead Poets Society”. And after i learned this, one of my friend, who is a nice friend* by the way, has told me; “Did you watch dead poets society? It is about literature and you might like it ”. She was right, i love literature but i just postpone to watch it. I didn’t know yet how great movie it is. A few weeks past and today i remembered the movie. And i started to watch it. I am an emotional person actually but i don’t cry by movies in general. But suprisingly, i cried by this one. Because it was so efective and wonderful and there was a scene that i couldn’t keep my tears anymore. I think all the words of Captain were so great and meaningfull.

  “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”

  The central theme of movie is have belief and passion. And also trying to do what you want, instead of doing what people are saying to you. After i finished watching movie, i was feeling myself so powerfull to do anything. Because the movie and of course Mr. Keating is always inoculating to you self-confidence.

  “Carpe diem! Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. Because believe it or not, each and everyone of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die.”   

 I heard idiom the carpe diem many years ago. But i understood it’s mean clearly with this movie. We always live in the past and worry about the future. So we miss today all the time. If we can stop being regret about past and worry about future, we could be happier. So life can be easier for us.

 “ I stand upon my desks to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way. ”

  Yes, his methods are weird a little bit. I mean, he stand on the desk just for teach to students being open-minded. But his ways, despite of being weird, are so permanent. He show to students and they never forget it.

  “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. ”

  He is making literature and poetry enjoyable. I mean, most of people find literature boring. But the Captain is showing poetry is not a different thing, it is in life. It is a part of being human. I appreciate his methods so much.

  In my highschool years, i didn’t like many lesson just because of i didn’t like it’s teacher. But these boys in the movie, love poetry because of they love it’s teacher. 

  
   And in my opinion, the most impressive scene was last one. The school management blame Mr. Keating for death of a student. And while Mr. Keating taking all his staff and leaving from classroom, one student stand upon the desk and yell “o captain, my captain”. And the other ones are doing the same thing despite of the other teacher’s warning and shouting. And Mr. Keating is leaving from classroom with a smile and it was the end of the movie.

 Probably i will watch this movie many times in different period of my life. And i am upset to know such a great actor after his death. Rest in peace Robin Williams. O captain, my captain.