1. Keating is trying to tell his students to live each of their lives to their fullest. He says we are "One day going to stop breathing, turn cold and died." Therefore, he wants us to make the most out of each moment that we are alive and make our lives extraordinary.
2. In the preface, Dr.J.Evan Pritchard shows us the method of understanding poetry and defines the types of certain poems. He tells his students to tear out the introduction because he wants them to think for themselves and no matter what anybody tells them, it is their words and ideas which can change the world.
3. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race, which is filled with passion. Poetry is what we stay alive for.
4. By asking the students to stand on his desk, Keating is encouraging them to constantly look at things in a different way, even though it may seem wrong or silly.
5. Keatins purpose for getting his students to kick a soccer ball for them to believe that sport is actually a chance for them to have other human beings push them to excel.
6. Keating is trying to illustrate the point of conformity: the difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. We must trust that our beliefs are unique, our own even though others make us think that they are odd or unpopular. Don't let what others say shake you up.
7. Charlie has finally taken up poetry for himself. He uses poetry to express his feelings,thoughts and now has the ability to use poetry in his own way.
8. I think that in the final scene when several students stand up on their desks, they are expressing their loyalty towards him. For instance, they stand up on their desks and recite "O Captain! My Captain!" This is what they have learned from Keating and they are trying to tell him that no matter who replaces his position as teacher, that they will always remember what Keating has taught them. In other words, they are expressing their gratitude while saying farewell to him.
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