1. My most influential leader is my aunt, me and her are really close so we talk about everything. I love having her in my life. She has helped me with so much stuff. 


2. I think we read poetry to understand what people go through, we read to satisfy our minds I think.


3. I agree with him, if you look at things a different way it looks totally different. I think about things in a different way then you just look at them differently.


4. I think I would want to leave a good impression. I don't really know what verse I would leave yet but I am ready to find out.

1. I don't think Neal would have committed suicide if Mr. Keating never would have come. I think Neal wouldn't have enough courage to stand up to his father about pursuing his dreams.


2. I think that Todd became the bravest just because he stood up for himself.  The coward was Charlie because he ended up not sticking with the group and told everything.


3.I believe that Keating put it in the room, he said that the principle wouldn't allow that but on the low he wanted them to express themselves.

central theme

I think that the main theme is for people to see things a different way and not to follow what people say. The point is to follow your dreams and not listen to people that tell you something that you don't want to do. Don't do what makes you unhappy always follow your heart even if it goes against what your parents want.

follow up questions

1. I think that Todd was the most changed out of the group,because at first he was the real quite one didn't really want to go places but towards the end of the movie he stood up for Mr. Keating and even himself.
2.I think that is Charlie because he dose not change he just wants to be different all throughout the movie.
3.Mr. Keating didn't change to fit with the school. He thought things differently than the school did.I think after Neal's death he still believed in what he thought.
4.Todd Anderson had a fear of sticking up for himself, he was always the quite one and didn't want to really associate with the group at first, he overcame this fear at the end when he stood up for Mr. Keating. Neil Perry had the fear of not telling his dad what his true calling was, he wanted to be an actor, he didn't overcome this fear because he was to scared to tell his dad instead he ended up committing suicide. Knox Overstreet his fear of not getting the girl or fear of rejection, He wanted to get this girl and he didn't stop trying no matter what she said, he ended up getting her. Charlie Dalton was his fear of getting in trouble he was the one who gave in first and told the truth about everything, the group didn't like him after that.

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The roles that the woman had back then was horrible, they were expected to do everything for the husband or even for themselves a certain way. It didn't really make an since to me for the girls to go to school all that time and then go get married and be a stay home mom. Woman back then were expected to have dinner at the table, the house clean and take care of the child. Katherine thought that woman could do both, go to school and get married.


Betty did have a very big reaction on Joan's acceptance to Yale. Betty still didn't see the way Katherine saw things on how she can go to school and be married. She was pretty upset because she wanted Joan to have a life like hers. They were suppose to just get married and stay at home with the kids and take care of their husbands. If I was Betty I might have had the same reaction as her if I didn't understand Katherine's point of view. Back then that's what the woman always knew was to get married and take care of the family, they didn't believe that you could work or go to school and still be married.