M. Keating preaches to his students that they are young and should do what they want. He tells them to “seize the day” because one day they will reflect on their lives and he wants them to be satisfied with their accomplishments. This motivates the students to reintroduce an old literacy club, the Dead Poets Society. One of his students, Neil Perry, takes this lesson to heart. He tries out for one of the school plays, which is extremely frowned upon by his intransigent father. Following the punishment inflicted on him by his father, Neil commits suicide. Neil's death creates a significant affliction on the class as well as the Welton faculty. Unfortunately, because of his unorthodox teaching methods, Keating is blamed and decides to let him go. However, at the end of the film we see how much of an impact Mr. Keating has left on his students as he gathers his things and lets several of his former students stand on their desks and greet him saying "Oh captain, my