깊은샘 : Dead Poets Society

중간고사 끝나고 읽은 책이 고작 Dead Poets Society 달랑 한 권입니다.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 2편을 읽고 있는 중인데 2주도 더 걸리는군요.

 

요즘은 열받아 미칠 지경입니다.

글 쓰는 것도 영 시원치 않더니만 1년이 넘게 청담테스트나 IBT모의고사가 제자리더니

월요일에 CBT korea에서 본 모의고사는 세상에나 완전 바닥을 쳤군요.

100도 못되는 97점입니다.

 

허?  기막혀.....

세상에 이런 일이??????

어찌 이젠 뒤로 가느냐구요??

 

아이들 성적땜에 열받으신 분들 여기 나와서 흉보고 수다로 풀어버리세요.

가지고 있다가는 병 생깁니다요.

 

한계인 것 같습니다.

아무래도 전문가 상담을 받아봐야 할 것 같습니다.

조만간 토플전문학원을 찾지 않을 수 없을 것 같네요.

잉잉..

그냥 집에서 버텨보려고 했는데.....

 

2007. 5. 5. Dead Poets Society

 

 166쪽이니 어지간하면 가볍게 읽을 수 있습니다.

영화소설이라 영화와 내용이 같다고 하는군요.

영화는 린넨님이 비디오방에 리뷰해주셨습니다.

영화가 더 좋다고 그런 것 같네요.  학교에서도 이 영화를 계속 보고있다면서 엠피파일에 소리를 넣긴 넣더구만 듣는 지 어떤 지는 모를 일이지요.

이 아이들이 처한 환경과 자기가 처한 환경과 같다고 느끼기에 공감하면서도 답답함을 동시에 느꼈나봅니다.

그래서 그런지 글 올린다고 했더니 짜증내길래 올리지 않다가 살짝 올려놓습니다.

 

Welton is a very strict prep school, established for one purpose; sending many students as possible to IVY League schools. For this one and only purpose, all the teachers and the principal suppress the students to just study all the time, never encouraging them to do their own thinking. Then, a new English teacher, Mr. Keating arrives. He is young and passionate, eager to give the students a real education about life and poetry. He tries to transform the depressed students into free thinkers who can 'suck the marrow out of life.', by using unique and different methods such as standing on a desk and ripping out Mr. Prichard's essay. His lesson about 'seizing the day' and making one's life extraordinary touches the students' heart, and finally some of them decide to do something of their own. They make up a club called 'Dead poets Society', which they found in the yearbook of Mr. Keating. Six boys - Knox, Neil, Charlie, Todd, Cameron, and Meeks are the ones who found the club and their way of thinking begins to change dramatically.

 

First, Neil finds his true passion in acting, and tries to defy his strict father's authority. He tries out for an audition and gets the part for Puck in Midsummer night's Dream. He was the one who was stirred up most by Mr. Keating's words, and who persuaded others to join the club. Todd, who was always afraid of speaking out due to his parents' apparent discrimination with his brother, learns that he is a worthy person. He begins to write his own poetry, and enjoys his life. Others also become freer, starting to gather their own rosebuds while they can. But the powerful school authority and their parents don't let them enjoy their lives for even a little. Neil kills himself from pressure, and Mr. Keating is forced to leave.

 

It seems like that the lessons Mr. Keating taught to the students fade away, but when Mr. Keating leaves, all the students cry and salute him, paying their respects to the finest teacher they've ever encountered. Even though the authority suppressed the students, the precious individuality planted in their heart proved to be much stronger.

 

This was a pretty short novel, and I knew this story from heart since I watched the movie, but it was still good to read. I loved all the poems, all the characters, and every line they say. The theme is not that complicated ; Enjoy your life. Carpe Diem. Gather your rosebuds while you may. Be yourself! It's simple, but also very powerful. But every time I think about this, I want to follow the theme in my own life too, but really, how can I? Like in the book, the boys wanted to live extraordinary lives, but they couldn't avoid their situation. I feel just the same. I'm in a school now, and how can I just pursue what I want to do? There's not even enough time to study when I don't even know why I have to study. It's so frustrating and confusing. I understand the theme and really want to suck the marrow of my life as the book teaches, but I'm not sure how.