The movie takes place in a school called Welton which is an all boy school. The main character is Todd Anderson along with his roommate Neil and Neil's five friends. On the first day, they meet their new English teacher Mr. Keating who is a former student from Welton. Mr. Keating teaches them the expression Carpe Diem, which means cease the day, and teaches them to live their life to the fullest and be themselves. Mr. Keating tells them how he was a part of a group called the Dead Poets Society and Neil decides to form the group again with Todd and his five friends. The group meets off campus at night in a cave to read poetry. Eventually, Mr. Keating's teaching and the club influences the boys to live their own life and be who they want to be. Neil finds his love for acting and gets the opportunity to play a lead in a play and goes behind his father's back to participate. Neil's father finds out and tells him to quit. Neil goes to Mr. Keating and Mr. Keating tell him to stand his ground. During the play, Neil's father shows up and takes him home and tells him he will be going to military school and Neil commits suicide that night. Nolan, one of the administrations at the school, investigates Neil's death. Cameron, one of the friends, tells Nolan it was Mr. Keating's fault for Neil's death so he can avoid getting in trouble for being in the club. Each of the boys were called into the office and were forced to sign a letter that got Mr. Keating fired and Nolan takes over teaching the class. This movies is based off the worldview of existentialism. Existentialism believes that man creates own essence and values, man is totally free to define himself. Good actions are those chosen consciously and freely and the only evil is to let outside authorities dictate your choices. Reality appears in two disunited forms: objective, which is matter, and subjective, which is ones experience of freedom. Mr. Keating's goal was to teach the