Please read the following questions and write each answer with depth and analysis. I expect this to be thoughtful and I want you to use specifics from the movie to back up your ideas. Please be original and do not copy other people's responses Make sure you adhere to proper fluency and conventions.
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1. What two "teachings" did Mr. Keating relay to the boys that spoke to you? (Be specific; try to use quotes from the movie if you can.) How do these teachings apply today in society or to you personally?
2. a. What does it mean to you to make your life "extraordinary?"
Mr. Keating says, “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. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”
b. What do you want your "verse to be"? ( I know this is a difficult question, but this is very much open to interpretation. what are you passionate about, what moves you, what do you live for? Do you have a purpose?
3. What one thematic ideal did you see emerge from this movie that was most powerful and how is that message conveyed in the film? For example a thematic ideal would be: to find passion and you would discuss how Neil finds a passion in theater, aside from the pressure to adhere to his father's expectations.
4. Please write 2 critical questions that this movie made you ponder.
