Significant experiences are moments in life that create change not only in one's present period oflife, but also dramatically alter one's view of the surrounding andforthcoming events.

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Significant experiences are moments in life that create change not only in one's present period of

life, but also dramatically alter one's view of the surrounding and

forthcoming events.  The impacts of such experiences are the opening of

new doors in life, the realization of possibilities one would have never

imagined sitting right under one's nose and the perception of details one

never thought important before.  They mostly temper peoples views of

events, shedding a different hue of light upon them, revealing multiple

possibilities that were once left in shadow.  In Dead Poet's society, a

handful of students discover through the exuberance of their English

teacher what kinds of lives they had been leading, and what their lives

could be.  One student in particular, Neil Perry,  discovers a whole new

world and his life is irreversibly changed as a result of the impact of

his association with Mr. Keating.          

The lives of all the boys were

drastically changed the day they met Mr. Keating. "Carpe Diem" he told

them. "Seize the day, make you lives extraordinary."  With these few

words, Mr. Keating opened the minds of his students to the broad

possibilities that life held for them.  The boys learned that they

deserved more than the daily routine, that they were not satisfied with

living up to the expectations of others.  As a result, they re-established

the Dead Poet's society, and consequently experienced what they had been

protected from previously.  The most significant change wrought from both

the arrival of Mr. Keating and the re-instatement of the Dead Poet's

Society was Neil Perry's change in attitude.  He realized what his dreams

were, and to accomplish them, he had to do something he had never dared to

do in the past, disregard the will of his father.  Having lived under the

iron rule of an oppressive father his entire life, Neil's spirit was in

danger of smothering to death.  The Dead Poet's Society and Mr. Keating

reawakened Neil's half-drowned spirit and encouraged Neil to strive

towards what he thought was important, not what his father thought was

important.  Neil's life was drastically changed as a result of his meeting

Mr. Keating, from a life dedicated to school, to a life dedicated to

living.  The impact of this association with Mr. Keating was that Neil was

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a different person after, he attempted to break free of the conformity

that was suppressing him and his view on life became brighter and more

hopeful. For Neil, the significant experience of meeting Mr. Keating

also changed his outlook on the future. Instead of constantly studying and

dreading disciplinary action from his father, he began to look towards the

good things in life.  He realized that his dream was to become an actor,

and that acting gave him happiness and hope that he had never had before.

Acting was Neil's hope for the future, it let him grow and ...

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