Dead Poet's Society: A Movie To Quote

Dead Poet's Society is one of my many favorite movies. There are so many things I could say about it, however, I'm not going to talk about the movie in any depth in this article. In this article, I will briefly tie it to my youth and self reflect. Also, I will take a quick look at one of the quotes from the movie.

 My History

I use this movie to remind myself on how childish I was back then. When I watched this movie back in 7th grade, I paid no attention. One quote, which is so powerful to me now, went in one ear through the other in my younger age. 

 

The Quote

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?” “Answer. That you are here — that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?” — John Keating (Robin Williams), Dead Poets Society

The End

Oh, how I wonder how it would be like to major in poetry. I wonder how it would be like to write and evoke emotion. Well hey, steemit is kind of a place to do it.