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To my great surprise, the school wellton is somewhat likes the schools in china nowadays, it attaches most importance on study. Though it is famous for its solemn teaching style and high enrolment rates, students there are deprived of freedom, they are on ly asked to obey the school’s discipline and get high points. That is really a tragedy.

I like the teacher Keating very much. After I saw the movie, I could not help asking myself a question——is there anyone who ever changes your life, change the way you look into life and things? I do not know, but I do know some kids in wllton , their life have been changed. They learned to rethink the meaning of living and death, they learned to use their own heart and taste to appreciate poets instead of some fixed rules, they learned to look at things from different perspective. I think most people need a guide （say Keating in the film）when growing up. Luckily some people met , others , not so luckily, did not meet, and they had to learn these precious experience by themselves. That is why I like Keating.

I am deeply impressed by the movie, especially the following lines“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, and not when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.”life is so short and full of miracles, I do not want a blanket and meaningless life either.

The movie is one of the most wonderful films I have ever watched. To be honest, I were always thinking that there were few movies or stories that could indeed touch me from the bottom of my heart in the past few years .Now I have realized that there are good ones in the

world .With tears I finished enjoying the last five minutes. Alomst no words can describe my true feeling the moment the boys standing on the desks one by one calling the leaving teacher “oh, captain ,my captain .”in the saddest voice. The only thing I know is that I really like it . Yes ,the respectful teacher is their captain in their whole life .He makes the

students know what life is .He interests them in the poets, but in fact in life . It helps me to see and understand the precious feelings between human beings better .I even have cried for a long time ,thinking of the things in the teacher’s eyes .He did not want to leave his students but he had to for his different teachig method against the traditional education system.

This story talks about a famous school, a group of rich students, a great teacher and the dead poets society. A sad one that can move anyone and cause one to think of our life we are leading.

Do their parents and the other teachers in the school know what the young want? Do they have an idea what their kids expect to be in the future ? Do they know what the students call this famous school ?Parents find the most students graduated from this school become somebody in their country.They hoped their kids can be like them one day.But in students’mind it’s hell .Yes, it’s the hell on the earth .The same haircut ,the same books ,the same suits,evething is the same .Do they ever think the young are not boys ,not yet men ,and all things they need are time ?It’s unfair for them to take on so much responsibility.

I feel sorry for them .They are full of passion for their life but they lead a poor life .They have no right to choose their future .They parents do that for them .You grow to be a banker ,and you grow to be a doctor .They have a lot of money but they are feeling sorry for themselves .The young have done nothing wrong but they have to

be a man what their parents ask them to be .Maybe tne only thing they did is wrong is that to be their parents’s sons .

Oh Capitain, my capitain! 美国诗人惠特曼在写林肯之死的时候充满了深厚的感情和敬意。虽然我们船长的放还与这似乎无任何关系，我还是要说, oh Capitain, my Capitain! 能生还，可有老人已经逝去。

2010-09-24 19:25- 推荐- 1回复

O Captain! My Captain!

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O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;

The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:

But O heart! heart! heart! 5

O the bleeding drops of red,

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

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O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;

Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; 10

For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;

For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

Here Captain! dear father!

This arm beneath your head;

It is some dream that on the deck, 15

You’ve fallen cold and dead.

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My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;

The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed an d done;

From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20

Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!

But I, with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. 1900. - Yaoza2010-09-24 19:29

啊船长我的船长哟

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《啊船长我的船长哟》是美国诗人惠特曼为悼念林肯而写下的著名诗篇。林肯是美国第16任总统，在任期内，他为维护国家统一、摧毁蓄奴制而领导了南北战争，解放了黑人奴隶。就在美国人民欢庆胜利的时刻，反动势力雇佣的刺客杀害了他。惠特曼为此极度悲痛，写下了很多诗纪念这位伟大的英雄，这首诗是最著名的一首。诗歌的基调是悲壮的。诗人运用了比喻和象征的手法，把美国比作一艘航船，把林肯总统比作船长，把维护国家的统一和废奴斗争比作一段艰险的航程。

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【名称】《啊船长我的船长》

【作者】沃尔特?惠特曼

【国家】美国

【体裁】诗歌

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Oh Captain！My Captain

Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;

But Oh heart! heart! heart!

Oh the bleeding drops of red!

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

Oh Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;

Rise up -for you the flag is flung -for you the bugle trills,

For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths-for you the shores crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turing;

Here, Captain! dear father!

This arm beneath your head;

It is some dream that on the deck

You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,

My father does not feel my arm , he has no pulse nor will;

The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;

From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;

Exult, Oh shores! and ring, Oh bells!

But I,with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead. [1]

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啊，船长，我的船长哟

哦．船长，我的船长！我们艰苦的航程已经终结，

这只船渡过了一切风险，我们争取的胜利已经获得。

港口在望，我听见钟声在响，人们都在欢呼，

目迎着我们的船从容返航，它显得威严而英武。

可是，呵，心啊！心啊！心啊！

哦．鲜红的血液长流，

在甲板上，那里躺着我的船长，

他已倒下，已死去，已冷却。

哦，船长，我们的船长！起来吧，起来听听这钟声，

起来，——旗帜正为你飘扬——军号正为你发出颤音。

为你．送来了这些花束和花环。

为你，熙攘的群众在呼唤，转动着多少殷切的脸。

这里，船长！亲爱的父亲！

你头颅下边是我的手臂！

在甲板上像是在一场梦里，

你已倒下，已死去，已冷却。

我们的船长不作回答，他的双唇惨白而寂静，

我的父亲不能感觉我的手臂，他已没有脉息、没有知觉，

我们的船已安全抛锚碇泊，已经结束了他的航程，

胜利的船从险恶的旅途归来，我们寻求的已赢得手中。

欢呼吧，哦，海岸！轰鸣，哦，洪钟！

可是，我却轻移悲伤的步履，

在甲板上，那里躺着我的船长，

他已倒下，已死去，已冷却。[1]

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思想内容

全诗三节，逐层深入地表达了诗人对林肯总统的热爱和深切的悼念之情。

1．航程结束，大船凯旋，船长却倒下了。噩耗伴随着胜利的巨大欢乐而来，人们为船长的死而悲恸、痛惜。

诗人把美国比作―大船‖，林肯比作―船长‖，把林肯率领联邦政府军战败南方叛军的过程比作是―度过了一切风险‖的―艰苦航程‖。这里诗人用象征的手法把美国比做大船，把林肯比做驾驶美国这个大船的船长，把南北战争比做艰苦的航程，通过大船的胜利返航表现林肯的功绩，形象地赞颂林肯，表达对他的爱。

这一节描绘了大船的形象：稳定、威严而英武；突出了航程之艰苦，胜利的来之不易。借此来肯定船长林肯的伟大功绩。

在这一节里，在抒情方式上，诗人直称林肯为―我的船长‖―我们的船长‖，表达了一个士兵，一个水手，抒发对自己的统帅亲切爱戴之情。

2．人民群众为大船凯旋而热情欢呼，钟声军号齐鸣，旗帜飘扬，鲜花飞舞，但船长倒下了，人们是多么悲痛！

这一节描写的欢庆胜利的场面极为壮观，通过侧面描述人民群众对林肯的爱戴、敬仰之情，来赞颂林肯。

在抒情方式上，这一节里，诗人称林肯为―亲爱的父亲‖，把他当作最亲近的人，这比上节只称林肯为船长感情更近一层。对林肯直接称为―你‖，这第二人称与―父亲‖的称呼相配合，直接与林肯对话，感情热切而真挚。

3．航船下锚，大功告成，而船长永远倒下了。

这一节诗人从历史的角度肯定了林肯的成绩，并表达了自己万分悲痛之情。诗人终于从想象（梦境）中回到现实中来，明确地知道―船长‖真的是死了。在这一节里，诗人把林肯改称为―他‖，表明诗人清醒的绝望、极度的悲痛。

这首诗作者主要运用象征的手法来描述林肯这个人物的形象，赞美林肯的业绩，表达对林肯的敬仰与爱慕之情。

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（一）表现手法

1．反复咏叹。诗中以―他已倒下，已死去，已冷却‖为主句反复咏叹，其中又有人称上的差别，这样的手法使此诗在表现上既保持悲怆感情抒发的一致性和沉重性，又体现了这种情感的发展过程。

2．象征。诗人在这首诗中采用整体象征手法，把美国比作一只大船，把林肯总统比作这只船上的船长，当这只大船凯旋时，船长却牺牲了。诗人用航船战胜惊涛骇浪到达港口庇佑林肯领导的南北战争的胜利结束，以领航的船长象征林肯总统的伟大作用，这样构思有利于形象地表现任务的伟大崇高，在―航船‖到达―港口‖，船长却倒下了，具体可感地增添并表现了诗的悲壮情感。形象而又鲜明地表现了对林肯的敬仰爱戴和对林肯之死的无限悲痛。

（二）思路结构

诗人抒发的感情是由浅入深、层层渐进的，表现在以下几点：

1．对林肯卓越的功勋的赞颂。

诗人把林肯比喻成船长，把美国比喻成一只大船。在第1段中，这只大船在船长的指引下，―艰苦航程已经终结‖，―渡过了一切风险‖，―显得威严而英武‖，突出大船的凯旋，借以表现林肯的功业；在第2段中，―旗帜正为你飘扬，军号正为你发出颤音‖，―为你，送来了这些花束和花环‖，―他们为你欢呼，他们的热情的脸转朝着你‖，表现了广大人民对林肯的爱戴、拥护和敬仰；在第3段中，―这只船安安稳稳下了锚‖，―大功已经告成‖，从历史意义的角度，对林肯的功勋作出极高的评价。诗人在诗中一步步地深入表现林肯的功勋，使人倍感诗人对林肯的推崇之情。

2．诗人对林肯的个人感情。

在第1段中，诗人将林肯称为―我的船长‖、―我们的船长‖，这时他流露的是战士对统帅、水手对船长的敬仰之情。在第2、3段中，诗人的感情进一步深入，他深情真挚地称林肯为―亲爱的父亲‖、―我的父亲‖，表现诗人深厚的父子般的感情。这样的深入变化使诗人的感情更加浓郁深重，在第1段中只是为失去领航人而悲伤，在第2、3段中则是为失去慈父般的亲人而惨痛，称谓的变化体现了诗人感情上的深入。

3．诗人对林肯的悼念之情。

在第1段中，诗人对于林肯之死，只是客观地叙述道：―甲板上躺着我们的船长，倒下来了，冷了，死了‖，林肯之死的突然，使诗人在震惊中感情麻木而没有感到过度的悲伤，只是当作一件客观事件来接受，来陈述；在第2段中诗人从震惊中惊醒，悲伤涌上他的心头，但是他在感情上不能接受这样的现实，他不肯相信船长已经死去，他呼唤―亲爱的父亲‖，他用―手臂把‖船长的―头支起‖，他宁肯相信这是―在一场梦里‖，

他对船长仍用―你‖来称谓，表示船长和他一样，仍是在人世间活生生的人，只是暂时―倒下来‖而已；在第3段中，诗人不得不接受这惨痛的现实，他不得不承认船长已经感觉不到自己的手臂，船长―他已经没有知觉，也没有脉息‖，自己支起船长的头呼唤也无济于事，于是他只好放下船长，―踏着悲哀的步子‖在―甲板上走来走去‖，诗人忍受―他倒下了，冷了，死了‖给自己带来的悲痛。诗人用第三人称―他‖称谓船长，表示诗人已经承认船长和自己已是冥世人间永隔了。

在第2段中诗人还觉得像―梦‖，还有一丝希冀，而现在却只有绝望了。整首诗诗人对船长由无人称到第二人称再到第三人称称谓的变化，呈现了诗人悲痛心情的发展过程。

诗人的感情抒发旋律是起伏波动的，每一段的感情主旋律都是由欢乐的激昂转到悼念的悲痛。第1、2段的前部分都是欢快的语调，船已经回来了，―争取的胜利已经获得‖，港口里―熙熙攘攘的人群‖在―欢呼‖，但是在这两段的下半部，却都一下子跌入沉痛悲伤的气氛之中；第3段除去前几行叙述船长的语句，也基本上和第1、2段一样，从―大功已经告成‖的欢乐中又跌入到―悲哀‖之中。整首诗这种情感上的强烈反差，更使人体会到诗人心中那种悲怆欲绝的感受。[2]

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惠特曼（Walt Whitman）[3]

惠特曼像

（1819—1892）美国诗人。生于长岛。他曾在公立学校求学，任过乡村教师，干过送信、排字等杂务，后在报馆工作，成为编辑。他喜欢大自然的美景和城市的大街小巷，喜欢歌剧、舞蹈、讲演术，喜欢阅读荷马史诗、希腊悲剧以及但丁、莎士比亚的作品。青年时期，他帮助父亲承建房屋，经营小书店、小印刷厂等，他性格自由散漫，喜欢游荡并和船夫、舵手、渔民、杂役、马车夫、机械工等结交朋友，自称是美国的―吟游诗人‖。1855年出版《草叶集》第一版，收诗12首。南北战争期间，他自愿到华盛顿看护伤员，战后曾先后在政府部门供职多年。1873年身患瘫痪症，以后始终没有恢复健康，直到逝世，卧床达20年之久。但他的乐观主义，他对生活的热爱，他的民主理想至死不渝。惠特曼在艺术上进行大胆革新，打破长期以来诗歌因袭的格律，首创后来称为―自由体‖的新诗形式，即以短句作为韵律的基础，大量采用重叠句、

平行句和夸张的形象语言，并吸收了一部分劳动人民的语汇和少量外来语，大大提高了诗歌的表现力。他的《草叶集》成为美国近代文学史上一座光辉的里程碑，是美国民族文学的典范。[2]

He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

There's so much good about this movie. The first time I saw it I watched it solely for plot and I loved it. Now I've seen it again and watched Peter Weir's filming and timing which is also great. Robin Williams is a terrific actor when he's serious. He proved it in Good Will Hunting but he proved it first here. If you liked that movie and your liking it had something to do with Williams than you will like this one. The plot is about a number of students who are taught by Williams about life. They are taught how to enjoy themselves. This ends up causing great controversy among the heads of the school. The students are terrific and even the dialogue is great. This is a movie that I can't imagine anyone not liking. It is good in every way.

There are certain films that get under your skin, never to come out. They change your life, subtly altering your perceptions of reality, almost always for the better.

Dead Poets Society is one of those few films.

I saw the movie back when I was in High School. I had a teacher who told us that we really needed to watch it; in fact, it was our "homework" for the day. We didn't need to bring back a report, or talk about it in class. All he asked from us was to watch it, make up our own mind about it, and that was it. As you can imagine, many friends of mine didn't watch it at all; I did. And yes, I feel I changed a bit from there on.

Back when you are young, you never really stop to think what in the world you are doing with your life. You simply live for the day, hope your grades will be enough to pass, and that's it. Long term thinking involves maybe flirting with a girl. Nothing more. What this film showed me was that we have the responsibility and the joy of being alive in this planet. That we are dust, and we will go back to it, so we have precious little time to make a difference. That we have a moral obligation to "seize the day, and make our lives extraordinary" (my favorite quote in all movie history). That the world, basically is ours. That the only limitations are within ourselves, and that we owe it to us to fight, to rebel against conformity, to change what we hate and keep what we love. That living in this world is a beautiful responsibility, and that only cowards dare not to change it for the better.

The fact that the cast was basically my age, and was passing through the same dilemmas and situations I was facing made it all so much more powerful.

So here I sit, 12 years from that day. I still don't think I have seized the day completely. But I keep on trying; I always will. I wonder how many people were transformed by this gem of a movie; I hope many.

10 out of 10. A definitive masterpiece.

心灵应当释放——《死亡诗社》

每个人都有自己的学生时代，每个人都有自己的辉煌时刻，谁来带给我们青春的激情，谁来带领我们开始辉煌的起点？是伯乐。

影片开场的蜡烛犹如证明了罗宾.威廉斯的行动：燃烧着自己为了青年得其生命精髓。在老师面前他还带了几分客套，但在学生面前他是如此的实在与亲近。一切只因为真理。

片中的学生们虽然众多，但个个都是个性鲜明，印象深刻。有的软弱，有的顽皮有的叛逆——这些面孔就是年轻时的我们。一所历史悠久、升学率较高的学校对于大人来说，称得上是孩子的天堂。但再听听孩子的看法：对于他们来说私下里称之为地狱罢了。

大人想把孩子们打造成自己，适应于这残酷的社会，可谁来为我们的激情负责？谁来为我们的青春买单？如果青春只有所谓的成绩好那是和年龄不吻合的。只有激情、叛逆、个性、奋发，都存在的生命才成其为生命，校园才成其为校园！

这个世界有两种人：一种人让社会来打造自己，一种人是自己打造社会。基廷老师的出现就是倡导后面一种方法，他打破了所有的教学模式，Carpe Diem (【拉】只争朝夕(=seize the day))。这个词说通俗一点就是抓住时间做最好的自己。他将这条道理一直贯彻给他的学生。当学生问起他什么是DeadPoetsSociety他毫无保留的将自己的青春经历传给了他的学生，他不再年轻。可他希望真理可以传承。学生们找到了哪个地方，对于他们来说这不是山洞，是精神的家园。一个山洞可能简陋，但他们的心确实比这潮湿的山洞温暖、丰富。这其实就是俱乐部的前身吧。

你们可以封闭我们的白天，但你们不能封闭我们的黑夜！在那里孩子们做自己想做的任何一件事，对于学校来说这是不对的，错误的，可这不就是文艺复兴吗？13世纪打破传统就是这幅情景呀！革命应该是美丽的。

但革命也是流血的，当学校发现孩子们的事情时，青春的弊端也暴露无疑：有告密的，有胆小的。我不想去对这些学生有任何的评价，每个人都有自己的选择，在那种年龄阶段。你还无法去对他们的人格做分析。我只记得那句：Captain! My Captain!。你可以打倒我们的身体，但你永远无法打倒我们的灵魂。影片最后的哪个高潮让我得到了强烈的共鸣。那时，孩子们的青春已不再平凡。理想的种子已根深蒂固。

人生最难是选择。每个人经历过片中尼尔的处境。自己的理想和现实的无情相碰撞。是向现实妥协，还是放飞自己的理想？当然他的方法让我们应该慎重，生命如此灿烂，确实哪容得为别人而活。尼尔之死是对梦想追逐的最高形式。那么这到底是对还是错，我无法去正确的判断，我只知道船长告诉我们：要做生命的主人，而不是生命的奴隶。为了融入社会我们是必须丢失一些浪漫，但还是希望有些东西能够在我的骨子里苟延残存。如果一个人在该冲动的年代冲动不起来，那么到头来也许只剩下―可怜白发生‖。是，现实和理想永远有差距。但又如何？医药，法律，商业，工程是维生的必须条件。但是诗，爱，浪漫，美这些才是我们生存之原因。

现代生活的节奏，让我们不得不审视自己为何活着？为何我们一直在做和自己年龄不相符的事？大人们的世界如此复杂，以为学校传统的教育模式就是对我们最好的保护，但却一直缺乏着人文色彩。生命的精髓没人教给我们。就像哪个古板的校长所说：按学校的传统教学，其他方面任其发展。传统，传统！我们存在不是为了传统，而是为了创新，为了革命。

生命是什么？在电影里，生命是诗，生命是音符，生命是戏剧，生命是一场演出里最为充满华彩的那个篇章。

―花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝。‖

我们应该从电影中借点激情面对生活，在我的学生生涯中很少遇到一个让我尊重的老师，现实没有，那么死亡诗社，我借你来面对现实，我的船长。

正是有了基廷老师的教诲，尼尔才会放开自己展现表演天赋，诺克斯终于大胆追求自己喜欢的女孩，查理才完全放开了自我，胆小的托德也通过基廷找回了勇气。我们就是剧中人，我们也应该打开自己的心结。

当你的目光炯炯地射向舞台的正前方，当音符渐止，当刹那静寂之后掌声雷动，当鲜花与喝彩涌向前台，当你的面孔中又写满一个人所应具有的自信，那一瞬间，你仿佛看见了你的理想，是这种理想鼓舞着你，引导着你，哪怕你将会走向死亡--

这就是生命，桀骜不逊的生命。

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life！To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

我步入丛林，因为我希望生活得有意义，我希望活得深刻，汲取生命中所有的精华，把非生命的一切都击溃，以免让我在生命终结时，发现自己从来没有活过。

人的一生，其实只需要一课。

carpe diem

carpe diem 是拉丁文，翻译成英语是seize the day，意为：抓住今天及时行乐。编辑本段其他相关

在电影Dead Poets Society（死亡诗社）里面Keating先生在上第一节课让学生倾听过去的时候说的。死亡诗社宣扬的是这样一种失去的生活状态：勇敢的年轻的心应该知道自己想做什么，并为之付出坚持不懈的努力。

He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

There's so much good about this movie. The first time I saw it I watched it solely for plot and I loved it. Now I've seen it again and watched Peter Weir's filming and timing which is also great. Robin Williams is a terrific actor when he's serious. He proved it in Good Will Hunting but he proved it first here. If you liked that movie and your liking it had something to do with Williams than you

will like this one. The plot is about a number of students who are taught by Williams about life. They are taught how to enjoy themselves. This ends up causing great controversy among the heads of the school. The students are terrific and even the dialogue is great. This is a movie that I can't imagine anyone not liking. It is good in every way.

There are certain films that get under your skin, never to come out. They change your life, subtly altering your perceptions of reality, almost always for the better.

I saw the movie back when I was in High School. I had a teacher who told us that we really needed to watch it; in fact, it was our "homework" for the day. We didn't need to bring back a report, or talk about it in class. All he asked from us was to watch it, make up our own mind about it, and that was it. As you can imagine, many friends of mine didn't watch it at all; I did. And yes, I feel I changed a bit from there on.

The fact that the cast was basically my age, and was passing through the same dilemmas and situations I was facing made it all so much more powerful. So here I sit, 12 years from that day. I still don't think I have seized the day completely. But I keep on trying; I always will. I wonder how many people were transformed by this gem of a movie; I hope many.

10 out of 10. A definitive masterpiece.

He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

There's so much good about this movie. The first time I saw it I watched it solely for plot and I loved it. Now I've seen it again and watched Peter Weir's filming and timing which is also great. Robin Williams is a terrific actor when he's serious. He proved it in Good Will Hunting but he proved it first here. If you liked that movie and your liking it had something to do with Williams than you will like this one. The plot is about a number of students who are taught by Williams about life. They are taught how to enjoy themselves. This ends up causing great controversy among the heads of the school. The students are terrific and even the dialogue is great. This is a movie that I can't imagine anyone not liking. It is good in every way.

There are certain films that get under your skin, never to come out. They change your life, subtly altering your perceptions of reality, almost always for the better.

Dead Poets Society is one of those few films.

I saw the movie back when I was in High School. I had a teacher who told us that we really needed to watch it; in fact, it was our "homework" for the day. We didn't need to bring back a report, or talk about it in class. All he asked from us was to watch it, make up

our own mind about it, and that was it. As you can imagine, many friends of mine didn't watch it at all; I did. And yes, I feel I changed a bit from there on.

Back when you are young, you never really stop to think what in the world you are doing with your life. You simply live for the day, hope your grades will be enough to pass, and that's it. Long term thinking involves maybe flirting with a girl. Nothing more. What this film showed me was that we have the responsability and the joy of being alive in this planet. That we are dust, and we will go back to it, so we have precious little time to make a difference. That we have a moral obligation to "seize the day, and make our lives extraordinary" (my favorite quote in all movie history). That the world, basically is ours. That the only limitations are within ourselves, and that we owe it to us to fight, to rebel against conformity, to change what we hate and keep what we love. That living in this world is a beautiful responsability, and that only cowards dare not to change it for the better.

The fact that the cast was basically my age, and was passing through the same dilemmas and situations I was facing made it all so much more powerful.

So here I sit, 12 years from that day. I still don't think I have seized the day completely. But I keep on trying; I always will. I wonder how many people were transformed by this gem of a movie; I hope many.

10 out of 10. A definitive masterpiece.

心灵应当释放——《死亡诗社》

每个人都有自己的学生时代，每个人都有自己的辉煌时刻，谁来带给我们青春的激情，谁来带领我们开始辉煌的起点？是伯乐。

影片开场的蜡烛犹如证明了罗宾.威廉斯的行动：燃烧着自己为了青年得其生命精髓。在老师面前他还带了几分客套，但在学生面前他是如此的实在与亲近。一切只因为真理。

片中的学生们虽然众多，但个个都是个性鲜明，印象深刻。有的软弱，有的顽皮有的叛逆——这些面孔就是年轻时的我们。一所历史悠久、升学率较高的学校对于大人来说，称得上是孩子的天堂。但再听听孩子的看法：对于他们来说私下里称之为地狱罢了。

大人想把孩子们打造成自己，适应于这残酷的社会，可谁来为我们的激情负责？谁来为我们的青春买单？如果青春只有所谓的成绩好那是和年龄不吻合的。只有激情、叛逆、个性、奋发，都存在的生命才成其为生命，校园才成其为校园！

这个世界有两种人：一种人让社会来打造自己，一种人是自己打造社会。基廷老师的出现就是倡导后面一种方法，他打破了所有的教学模式，Carpe Diem (【拉】只争朝夕(=seize the day))。这个词说通俗一点就是抓住时间做最好的自己。他将这条道理一直贯彻给他的学生。当学生问起他什么是DeadPoetsSociety他毫无保留的将自己的青春经历传给了他的学生，他不再年轻。可他希望真理可以传承。学生们找到了哪个地方，对于他们来说这不是山洞，是精神的家园。一个山洞可能简陋，但他们的心确实比这潮湿的山洞温暖、丰富。这其实就是俱乐部的前身吧。

你们可以封闭我们的白天，但你们不能封闭我们的黑夜！在那里孩子们做自己想做的任何一件事，对于学校来说这是不对的，错误的，可这不就是文艺复兴吗？13世纪打破传统就是这幅情景呀！革命应该是美丽的。

但革命也是流血的，当学校发现孩子们的事情时，青春的弊端也暴露无疑：有告密的，有胆小的。我不想去对这些学生有任何的评价，每个人都有自己的选择，在那种年龄阶段。你还无法去对他们的人格做分析。我只记得那句：Captain!MyCaptain!。你可以打倒我们的身体，但你永远无法打倒我们的灵魂。影片最后的哪个高潮让我得到了强烈的共鸣。那时，孩子们的青春已不再平凡。理想的种子已根深蒂固。

人生最难是选择。每个人经历过片中尼尔的处境。自己的理想和现实的无情相碰撞。是向现实妥协，还是放飞自己的理想？当然他的方法让我们应该慎重，生命如此灿烂，确实哪容得为别人而活。尼尔之死是对梦想追逐的最高形式。那么这到底是对还是错，我无法去正确的判断，我只知道船长告诉我们：要做生命的主人，而不是生命的奴隶。为了融入社会我们是必须丢失一些浪漫，但还是希望有些东西能够在我的骨子里苟延残存。如果一个人在该冲动的年代冲动不起来，那么到头来也许只剩下―可怜白发生‖。是，现实和理想永远有差距。但又如何？医药，法律，商业，工程是维生的必须条件。但是诗，爱，浪漫，美这些才是我们生存之原因。

现代生活的节奏，让我们不得不审视自己为何活着？为何我们一直在做和自己年龄不相符的事？大人们的世界如此复杂，以为学校传统的教育模式就是对我们最好的保护，但却一直缺乏着人文色彩。生命的精髓没人教给我们。就像哪个古板的校长所说：按学校的传统教学，其他方面任其发展。传统，传统！我们存在不是为了传统，而是为了创新，为了革命。

生命是什么？在电影里，生命是诗，生命是音符，生命是戏剧，生命是一场演出里最为充满华彩的那个篇章。

―花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝。‖

我们应该从电影中借点激情面对生活，在我的学生生涯中很少遇到一个让我尊重的老师，现实没有，那么死亡诗社，我借你来面对现实，我的船长。

正是有了基廷老师的教诲，尼尔才会放开自己展现表演天赋，诺克斯终于大胆追求自己喜欢的女孩，查理才完全放开了自我，胆小的托德也通过基廷找回了勇气。我们就是剧中人，我们也应该打开自己的心结。

当你的目光炯炯地射向舞台的正前方，当音符渐止，当刹那静寂之后掌声雷动，当鲜花与喝彩涌向前台，当你的面孔中又写满一个人所应具有的自信，那一瞬间，你仿佛看见了你的理想，是这种理想鼓舞着你，引导着你，哪怕你将会走向死亡--

这就是生命，桀骜不逊的生命。

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life！To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

我步入丛林，因为我希望生活得有意义，我希望活得深刻，汲取生命中所有的精华，把非生命的一切都击溃，以免让我在生命终结时，发现自己从来没有活过。

人的一生，其实只需要一课。