Neil – Dead Poet

Character Review breathless Poets Society Neil Perry 1. Neil Perry relationship with his get d aver is maven with a lack of communication and misunder stand. mind the select, Neil and his father are conflicted. We make up ones mind this out find when Mr. Perry tell Neil and he is no lifetimelong allowed to race for the schools paper. His military chaplain is controlling, and strongly entrusts in tradition, and if he allowed Neil to work on the paper he would be red against his own parenting. I conceptualize that the pressure and strict lifestyle that Mr. Perry has get on Neil is what feed him to his suicide.Neils life within a classroom is distant from a struggle. He is capable to fulfill straight As, and doesnt s quitspring the teaching strategies Mr. Keating introduces to his English class. In detail, he welcomes them. Neils relationship with Mr. Keating allows him to embrace his fears. It is Mr. Keating that en bravenesss Neil to take to task to his father about moulding in the play. 2. Neil is a tall, not very acrobatic looking young man and if he were to be placed into a stereotype, he would be depicted as a nerd. Neil wears his school uniform in a classic manner, which symbolizes his self-discipline as a student.There is a certain awkwardness that comes with Neils character, and I think it has to do with that fact that he is trying to find himself. Neil is al miens conflicted with doing as he is told, or doing what he wants to do, and it awkwardly stuck in between the two. Neils olfaction of voice piece talk of the town to his peers is wiz of confidence. Whatever he says to them, he says without a hint of doubt. For example, during a encounter of the Dead Poets Society, Neil reads aloud his verse form with poise. On the other hand, while Neil is public lecture to his father, he no longer speaks with confidence.His tone bugger offs weak and vulnerable. On several make Neil tries to rebel against his father by standing u p for himself, however, each time his father doesnt allow it. Showing how controlled Neil is by his father, and how he tries to escape it. 3. Neils impetuous terminus thought-out the film is to become an actor. He faces obstacles with his father along the way. We discern Neils dedication to this play when he is go outing to lie to his father, and head masterby doing so he is risking being expelled from Welton. once his father finds out about Neils role in the play, he flat restricts Neil from vocalizationicipating.As an audience we feel as though Neil has given up, and he wont be fighting against his father for this. This is where Mr. Keating has, I think, the biggest shock on Neil. In Mr. Keating office, Neil is told that by not standing up to his father, he is pretending to be someone elsehe is acting for his father. This is the peak for Neil, where he realizes that at one point in his life, he is going to fuck off to tell his father no. 4. To achieve his goal, Neil had t o lie to his parents and Mr. Nolan the head mater at Welton.During the scene where he decides to write a permission Todd, Neils roommate, tries to convince him that lying is not the dress hat way to go. The passion for Neils acting it frontmost demonstrated here, be exertion he is intelligibly aware of the risks that lying asshole have. 5. Neils weaknesss all have to do with his father. When his father does not discipline Neil back on that point is not practically that he will let preventive him. In fact, I think because of his father, Neil is advance to achieve more(prenominal) and push harder to become a better person on his own, as if to show his father that there is more than one path of life.Its only when Mr. Perry tells Neil that he cannot do something that Neil feels worthless. For example, on the night after the play, Neil and his parents are fighting, here, Mr. Perry tells Neil that is going to be a doctor, no argument. Neil is wasted by his fathers authority, an d doesnt stand up for himself once again. Unfortunately, this weakness got the better of him, and because of it, it lead to his suicide. 6. The greatest bearing Neil has is his ability to lead his peers. He is the first one to question what the Dead Poets Society, the first to call Mr.Keating Captain, and one of the first to rip out the pages of their textbook in Mr. Keatings class. I believe that Neil can affectively lead a grouping because he knows what its like to be controlled (his father). As a leader Neil doesnt force anyone to do anything, unlike his father. He takes his role as a leader, as a way for him to make his own choices, something it doesnt normally get a chance to do. 7. Because Neil is an affective leader, he is able to help the rest of the characters grow as people. For example, when Knox is having troubles with Chris, Neil kindly offers him advice and encourages him to call her.Also, on Todds birthday, when he received the same give way from his parents that he got last year, Neil helped Todd feel more reassured by leading him foreign of his personal box, and convincing him to throw the desk set his parents got him over the wall. Without Neil, there would be no Dead Poets Society, and I arrogatet think the boys would have grown as much as they did if Neil didnt impact them. 8. A visual symbol that is associated with Neil is his pinnacle from his role of Puck in A Midsummers Nights Dream. 9.The crown that Neil wears in his play, and during his suicide represents freedom. I think that when Neil is wearing it he is free. For example, while in the play, he is given the chance to become someone else for a condensed while. His father does not control him when he is acting, and he doesnt have to do what he says. He can become whomever he wants while again. He is overly free after his suicide. He is no longer under the control of his father, and he is at peace. 10. I believe that at the beginning of the film Neil understands that he will do whatever his father tells him to.No part of him comprehends that he has the power to say no to his father. Then he meets Mr. Keating he changes Neils life instantly. He shows Neil that its okay to be original, and its okay to see the world is a different way than his father. As the film moves on we see Neil begin to accept himself, and start to impress apart from his father. The peak of his character is when Neil auditions for the play without his fathers permission it shows that Neil can make his own choices. However the consequences that were caused by that choice were extremely negative.Although I dont believe that Neil lying to his parents was the cause of his suicide, it was what caused his father to cross the line. As contradicting as it sounds, I think that Neil represents confidence and courage. Thought-out the film he struggles with his father, but in the end it was his confidence and courage that helped him succeed his goal of acting. It also took a lot of courage to decide and go though with his suicide. Neil contend a large part in the development of all the characters in the film, and because of his lead they are all stronger and more confident people.