Day 4 Assignment

[Lori Lance]

Day 4 Profound class

Lori’s Lead Characters

What I learned in this assignment is to think of the characters that create and hinder change, not just the character that is changed.

1. Transformational journey logline:

A small-town pastor, the man that the town leans on the most, becomes the one it must hold up as he spirals downward in depression until he allows peace and joy back into his life.

2. Tell us who you think might be your Change Agent and give a few sentences about how that character fits the role. Also, include: – Their vision: – Their past experience that fits that vision:

Possibly Miriam, a long-time widow and friend of the Pastor and his late wife, would make a good change agent because she has had a similar experience.

3. Tell us who you think might be your Transformable Character(s) and give a few sentences about how that character or characters fit the role.

The most significant transformable character would be the Pastor and possibly the whole church congregation.

4. Tell us who or what you think might be The Oppression and give a few sentences about how The Oppression works in your story.

The oppression is time. Christmas is coming in twelve days.

5. Tell us who you think might be your Betraying Character and give a few sentences about how that character fits the role.

I’m not sure about this character, but maybe someone played a part in the death of the Pastor’s wife, and this person will not forgive himself or allow himself to move on at this time.

4B.

Analysis of Dead Poet’s Society

1. What is the change this movie is about? What is the Transformational Journey of this movie? The transformational journey is the boys learning to seize the day and go after their dreams.

2. Lead characters:

-Who is the Change Agent (the one causing the change) and what makes this the right character to cause the change? The change agent is the new teacher Mr. Keating. He went to that same school as a boy, but he did not conform to the strict traditions, and he learned to go after what he wanted in life.

– Who is the Transformable Character (the one who makes the change) and what makes them the right character to deliver this profound journey? The boys in the school. They are the right characters because they are at the age when they must make decisions about their future.

– What is the Oppression? The oppression comes from the school administration and some of the parents.

3. How are we lured into the profound journey? What causes us to connect with this story? There’s a mystery in the title, Dead Poet’s Society. The audience wants to know what that is, and the school is an interesting setting. The audience wants to know what will happen to these boys.

4. Looking at the character(s) who are changed the most, what is the profound journey? From “old ways” to “new way of being.”

Identify their old way: Identify their new way at the conclusion: The old way is tradition and conformity. The new way involves dreaming and seizing the opportunities rather than what others want for them.

5. What is the gradient of the change? What steps did the Transformational Character go through as they were changing? The boys made small steps at the beginning to test the waters but gradually made more significant steps as they went after what they wanted and eventually acted against the school administration and parents.

6. How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a main character to shift their perspective…and make the change? The boys feel enslaved by the old ways, but they see a different option when taught to seize the day.

7. What are the most profound moments of the movie? When the boys first sneak out into the night to form the Dead Poet’s Society. When Todd comes out of his shell and surprises everyone, including himself. When Neil seizes his day but is not allowed to continue pursuing his dream, he kills himself. When Mr. Keating is in the classroom by himself after Neil’s death, he reads the Dead Poet’s Society oath inside Neil’s and his old textbook. In the end when Mr. Keating is leaving and the boys stand on their desk out of respect and say, “My Captian, my Captian.”

8. What are the most profound lines of the movie? “My Captian, my Captian.” “Carpe Diem.”

9. How does the ending pay off the setups of this movie? The boys who stand on their desks have gone against the system, and they will forever be changed.

10. What is the Profound Truth of this movie? We should all carpe diem; seize our day, our time, and the future we want.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by  Lori Lance.
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[Amanda Avalon]

Amanda’s Lead Characters

What I learned doing this assignment is this is a handy way to build up characters.

1. Tell us your transformational journey logline.

A “good girl” has to redeem her lost engagement ring before the wedding, and while doing that, she becomes empowered and finds her voice.

2. Change Agents are lead character’s friends, Kelsey, Jade and Olivia. They are her bridesmaids and, on a journey, together with the change agent.

3. Transformable Character is the lead character, Allison, the bride.

This character has been suppressed to be a good girl and what is expected of her. Good marriage with a man who has a posh background (=money). She needs to change, and we’re rooting for her.

4. The Oppression(s) are mothers. Allison’s mom, Esther and Brandon’s mom Mary. They try to force the marriage while Mary also tries to dig dirt as she got second thoughts after the girl’s wild bachelorette party.

5. Betraying Character is either Kelsey or Olivia, one of Allison’s bridesmaids who turns into a Betraying Character since she has old-school values. Have to decide which one.

[Jeff Reynolds]

Jeff’s Characters

Transformational journey logline-

A homeless looking Einstein, A near homeless Jen and a homeless Dude find each other to form a unique partnership that changes the world.

The change agent-

Einstein character is the change agent who used to give everything he had to everyone around him and was very good at it. He was the personal coach before there were personal coaches.

Transformational Characters

Jen – has been fired a hundred times and this could be her last chance and she realizes that.

Dude- has had very little guidance his whole existence and thinks he has wasted his life. He has been praying for something.

Community- everyone Misses Einstein’s ways of doing things. His excitement and knowledge gives them joy.

The Oppression

Homelessness, the drugs, Government, parents, choices,

The betrayal character-

Downer Gamelgard is the negative nasty and very unhappy used to be best friend that lives next door. Says things like. You are such a waste Einstein. always in your house doing nothing and now wasting more time with loser kids.

4B-Dead Poets Society

1-what is the change, transformational journey?

Growth as an individual, seize the day and don’t be afraid to look at everything differently. Journey is about the endless possibilities.

we are all capable of so much more than our mind believes.

2- who is the change agent?

Their teacher Keating. Perry,Anderson, overstreet,Meeks.Pitts, and Dalton are all transformable characters. Neil’s dad is the oppressor along with school admin.

3-what causes us to connect?

Keating has stirred up something in all of us. To think bigger and be open for the possibilities of life.

4-character that changed the most ?

Neil Perry and Todd Anderson both make dramatic change. Neil goes for it all with his part in the play even though he knows his dad will go crazy. Todd comes out of his fear shell and blossoms. I love the scene when he chucks the desk set.

5-Gradient change?

Students start out thinking Keating is out there or weird then comes funny and trust. They go all in and love everything about him.

6-old way challenged ?

School is very rigid and strict in every way. Characters challenge with the dead poets society in the cave , girls, speaking up and ultimately standing up for Keating.

7- most profound moments?

Todd speaking in front of class, all the boys walking across desk to gain a new perspective, and Neal joining play and risking everything with his my way or the highway dad.

8-profound lines?

“Rip it out” “ oh captain my captain”

“Carpe diem, seize the day “”boys make your life extraordinary “

“I stand on my desk to remind myself to constantly look at things in a different way” “I always though the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself “

9-how does the ending payoff the setup ?

Pressure was building in every scene and you knew something bad was about to happen.

10- the profound truth ?

Your actions have consequences and Neil’s father was all about himself. He wanted a doctor for a son and that’s all that mattered to him. Ultimately I don’t like the ending. Yes it was very dramatic and painful and Hollywood loves a good death at the end but there was a choice here. A clear choice to write a letter to his dad about thinking of killing himself and then hitting the road.

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[Dale Griffiths Stamos]

Dale’s Lead Characters

What I learned doing this assignment. I learned that a change agent can also be an antagonist. I learned about betraying characters – something I’d never heard of before. It really made me think.

The Assignment:

1. Tell us your transformational journey logline.

Antonia Maury, one of Edward Pickering’s “computers” who believes she can add to science, but doesn’t realize she must fight for it, must navigate the biased world of late 19th century America, to learn to stand up for her worth and accomplishments.

2. Tell us who you think might be your Change Agent and give a few sentences about how that character fits the role. Also, include: – Their vision: – Their past experience that fits that vision:

The change agent seems to me to be Edward Pickering. He is also, in many ways, an antagonist. He is an established astronomer, something Antonia longs to be, he is the one who hires her, albeit to only do “computing” work and less than half the pay the male employees get. He is the one who takes credit for one of her discoveries which spurs her, out of pride, to resent this and to seek proper credit for the thing she discovered next. He is the one who eventually gives her credit (a first for a woman in science.). However, he continues to reject her more sophisticated classification system, for a number of stated reasons, but more likely because Annie Jump Cannon got with the program he established, whereas Antonia went her own way. He has discouraged independent discoveries. He also ignore correspondence from other scientists who laud Antonia and her classification system. (Is it his hubris and pride that cause him to do this?)

3. Tell us who you think might be your Transformable Character(s) and give a few sentences about how that character or characters fit the role.

The Transformable Character is Antonia. But I do also see the other key women having their own growth and potential (albeit) smaller transformative moments. For example, Williamina standing up to Pickering re her salary, etc.

4. Tell us who or what you think might be The Oppression and give a few sentences about how The Oppression works in your story.

The Oppression is mainly the late 19th century world Antonia lives in. One in which women are underpaid and not thought capable of independent discovery. Pickering in his own way, is quite progressive when it comes to supporting women in the sciences. But he’s not progressive enough for Antonia’s needs.

5. Tell us who you think might be your Betraying Character and give a few sentences about how that character fits the role.

Antonia’s aunt, Anna Palmer Draper is, I believe, the Betraying Character, as she seems to represent women in science in that she was a partner in many ways, to her husband in his scientific endeavors. But, she also represents the “old ways” in terms of women and their “proper” behavior, which she does not think Antonia as following. As such, she will end up not supporting her niece when the chips are down.

Assignment 4B Analyze Dead Poets Society:

1. What is the change this movie is about? What is the Transformational Journey of this movie?

The change is from boys following the structured and conformist strictures of their school and their parents to find their own ways, opinions and true selves.

2. Lead characters:

– Who is the Change Agent (the one causing the change) and what makes this the right character to cause the change?

Keating is the Change Agent. His class from the get go is completely different from the other classes.

– Who is the Transformable Character (the one who makes the change) and what makes them the right character to deliver this profound journey?

There are four boys that are most focused on: Neil, Charlie, Todd, and Knox. With Meeks, Cameron and Pitts being more secondary characters. The first four clearly go through transformations.

– What is the Oppression?

The school and its system of tradition and conformity, which, more often than not, is supported strongly (and sometimes oppressively) by the parents.

3. How are we lured into the profound journey? What causes us to connect with this story?

One way is through the character of Neil who is bullied by his father to drop something that he cares about. (He is so different around his father than with the other students. His voice cracks, for example.) And he tells the other students, when they criticize him for caving, that they would do the same thing with their parents. We also feel for Todd, who is new, shy, and feels like an outsider. He also must live up to his brother who had done well at the school (Valedictorian).

4. Looking at the character(s) who are changed the most, what is the profound journey? From “old ways” to “new way of being.”

Identify their old way: We see only a little rebellion, when they have their own “four pillars,” but otherwise they conform to their parents’ and Welton’s expectations.

Identify their new way at the conclusion: Looking at the four main characters: Todd has gained confidence, Neil has sadly not been able to stand up to his bully father, Charlie has become a rebel, and Knox has followed his heart even though it was risky.

5. What is the gradient of the change? What steps did the Transformational Character go through as they were changing?

Keating first has them look at pics of students from history – reminds them that these boys are “now fertilizing daffodils.” He urges them to “Carpe Diem.” “Make your lives extraordinary.” Reactions of students – Todd seems to like what Keating did (“But different”), Cameron wants to know if they’ll get “tested” on any of it. Todd is the first one who truly responds to Keating’s admonition. He writes: “Seize the Day.” In his notebook (but then he tears it up.) Cameron says: “We shouldn’t be doing this.”

Keating demonstrates a direct comparison between the old and new ways by, in his first class, having the students read and graph the “poetry lesson” and then having them tear the intro out of their books. (Charlie Dalton is the first to do so.)

The boys find an old annual, and Neil asks what the Dead Poet’s Society is. Once Keating explains, Neil gets intrigued with the idea and suggests they all start one of their own, despite “demerits” they would get. Charlie, Cameron, Meeks, Pitts (reluctantly), Knox (cause he wants to make “women swoon.”)

They have their first night of the DPS. At first not taking it that seriously, but then moving into real poetry.

In class, Keating stands on his desk and then has the students do the same. The purpose of which is gain a new perspective.

Two of the students create a make shift radio and dance, while we see Todd create the original poem that Keating has assigned. Meanwhile, Neil discovers something he has a passion for – theatre – he wants to play Puck in Midsummers Night Dream. He is willing to defy his father (or at least keep it a secret from him) to do it. This decision is clearly inspired by Keating’s influence, especially as he asks Todd if anything Keating has said has inspired him. Knox takes on Carpe Diem by taking a real risk and calling Chris. Todd, with Neil’s encouragement, throws off the roof the second desk set his parents gave him for his birthday.

6. How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a main character to shift their perspective…and make the change? First Keating encourages them to “Carpe Diem.” Then he challenges their ideas about poetry. Then about perspective (standing on desk). When they walk in unison in the courtyard, Keating is challenging them about conformity. Overall he challenges them to think for themselves.

Charlie decides to challenge the old ways by revealing he is part of the Dead Poet’s Society and that girls should be allowed in the school. All hell breaks loose. If the boys don’t reveal themselves, they could get expelled! Charlie “admits” his guilt, gets called in and paddled! But he does not plan to give them what they want.

Neil challenges the old ways by not only performing academically, as he’s expected to, but by finding something he loves doing, acting.

Knox challenges himself by reading a poem to Chris.

How the boys go after what they want and take risks:

Neil – going after and loving acting

Knox – going after the girl he wants

Charlie – challenging the administration

Todd – learning he has a poet inside him.

Cameron – in the end resists the changes

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7. What are the most profound moments of the movie?

There are many. Here are some: 1) When Todd, with his eyes closed, creates a poem on the spot in the classroom. 2) When the boys, after a joyful soccer game, carry Keating on their shoulders. Charlie, after being paddled saying his name is Rwanda. 3) When Neil relishes in his role as Puck. 4) When Knox holds Chris’s hand When Neil cannot tell his father what is in his heart and subsequently kills himself. 4) When Todd throws up in the snow and sobs out his grief at the loss of his best friend. 5) When, of course, the boys stand on their desks and say to Keating: “Oh Captain, my Captain.”

8. What are the most profound lines of the movie?

Lots of great lines: Keating: “This a battle, a war. And the casualties could be your hearts and souls.” “No matter what anyone tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” “The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”

Keating (re DPS): “We didn’t just read poetry, we let it drip from our tongues like honey. Spirits soared, women swooned, and gods were created, gentlemen.”

Neil: “For the first time in my whole life I know what I want to do. For the first time I’m gonna do it whether my father wants me to or not! Carpe diem!” Knox says: “That’s just my problem. I’ve been calm all my life. I’ll do something about that.” Then, to call Chris he says: “Carpe Diem. Even if it kills me.”

Todd: “Oh Captain, my Captain” – when he stands on the desk and many of the other students follow suit.

9. How does the ending payoff the setups of this movie? Despite the stultifying and high pressure unfairness of Mr. Perry and the school, all the key characters, except Cameron, realize that Mr. Keating had given them a great gift that they would value greatly in their lives.

10. What is the Profound Truth of this movie?

That each of us is an individual who has a unique path in life.

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[Lauren DeCicco]

Lauren’s Lead Characters

What I learned doing this assignment: There are characters who must do specific things to have a Transformational story- the Change Agent, the Transformable character, the Oppression and the Betraying Character. The Oppression causes the vision of the Change Agent to stand out. All of these characters can change later on as more of the puzzle is discovered.

1. Tell us your transformational journey logline.

An indoctrinated woman, raised by a trafficking organization, kidnaps children but when she discovers they’re being sold across the world, she sacrifices herself to free the children and destroy the organization.

2. Tell us who you think might be your Change Agent and give a few sentences about how that character fits the role.

The Change Agent is the woman’s brother. He fits because he is who the woman could’ve been if she’d never been taken by the organization. He grew up free to live his life the way he wanted to.

– Their vision: The woman is worth saving no matter what she’s done in her past. All of the organization must be destroyed.

– Their past experience that fits that vision: The organization killed his mother and kidnaped his sister. He now hunts sex traffickers and has tracked them back to this organization which is holding his sister.

3. Tell us who you think might be your Transformable Character(s) and give a few sentences about how that character or characters fit the role.

The Transformable Character is the woman. She fits the role because she has the most to change. She is the one who can save the children as she grew up in the same situation as they’re in now. She’s deep within the heart of the organization and knows its weaknesses.

4. Tell us who or what you think might be The Oppression and give a few sentences about how The Oppression works in your story.

The Oppression is the organization and the horrifying success of human trafficking. It’s everywhere. They control every aspect of the woman’s life. They’ve brainwashed her to believe she has has no real family. She believes they’ve given her everything. They promote the idea that there is no better life than gathering children from the streets and bringing them into the organization.

5. Tell us who you think might be your Betraying Character and give a few sentences about how that character fits the role.

The Betraying Character is one of her peers in the organization who rats out the woman. They fit this role because there could be jealously involved as to why they turn on her. They believe, or the organization makes them think, she’s treated better than any of them. They can’t shake the lie they’ve been fed and can’t deal with the woman succeeding in her new ways.

[Lynne Heatley]

What I learned doing this assignment is that in a story with several strings it’s hard to isolate one character to fit a criteria.

Transformational journey logline.

A career teacher’s involuntarily childless marriage ends after ten years when her husband finds out she had an ex-nuptial son adopted out at birth; a son whose parallel story of early fatherhood culminates with mother and son being blissfully reunited after nearly thirty years.

The Change Agent is an adopted son. He fits the role as he provides answers for the trauma of his natural mother. His vision has always been to look for her as he also needs to satisfy the silent connection that he feels. His life with his adoptive parents disintegrates and his need for his natural mother grows in proportion to his parents’ rejection of a son they no longer have a need for.

My Transformable Character is the natural mother whose life changes through an unplanned and non consensual pregnancy (1956). My character enters a world of unrequited pain, total silence, (friends and colleagues) and people pleasing (the future husband). Her recreated world collapses with the end of her marriage.

The Oppression for the Transformable Character is to be coerced into yielding her child for adoption at a time when no benefits were available for unmarried mothers and where families, churches, social workers and society’s expectations demanded she relinquish her child. The attitude of her (unknowing) husband when they were engaged means she can never tell him her secret and thus she lives with the oppression of daily silence.

Betraying character — several

The person from the time of the Transformable Character’s pregnant past (in hiding) who recognizes her thirteen years later and tells the husband’s staff about his wife’s baby.

The husband who reacts without even asking his wife if the hearsay is true.

Her son’s adoptive parents who love him initially but then despise him amidst his ongoing attempts over many years to please them.

[Veialu]

Veialu’s Lead Characters

What I learned doing this assignment is to think more deeply about how my lead characters will either help or try to stop my protagonist’s transformational journey.

1. Tell us your transformational journey logline.

A middle-aged woman must find the baby she adopted out as a teenager so she can start living her life authentically.

2. The Change Agent might be the mother of a long-lost friend from her past and would fit the role as the mother saw her daughter go through something similar.

– Their vision: Let go of the shame or it will kill you; you deserve happiness

– Their past experience that fits that vision: The mother had a daughter who gave up her baby for adoption and later killed herself; she lost her only daughter and never knew her only grandchild.

3. The Transformable Character is the middle-aged woman.

She is a good fit because her marriage is broken, she is deeply unhappy and afraid to change her life even though she hates it. She needs to change to live a fulfilling life.

4. The Oppressor might be two things: 1) Society’s attitude in the 1960s and 2) the woman’s shame.

They force her to hide her trauma, hide her vulnerability, and falsely believe that to be accepted in society she must play a role (as opposed to living authentically).

5. The Betraying Characters might be the woman’s sister and mother.

– The woman’s sister fits the role because she feels her life was negatively impacted by the pregnancy and is resentful; she wants her sister, the woman, to be miserable because she is unhappy and blames it on her.

– The mother fits the role because she is more concerned with image and reputation than her daughter’s happiness.

[Valerie Getsinger]

Valerie’s Lead Characters

Change Agent and Transformable Character

What I learned in this assignment is that there are many aspects of oppression and that a character I did not consider as having a transformational journey was actually struggling to get through her own private transformational journey.

Tell us your transformational journey logline.

Mary Belinda believes that her twin sister, Liddy Katherine, who the town constable says drowned, was murdered, and as she searches to uncover the truth, she discovers some dark family secrets and must finally come to grips with the truth of these secrets, as well as the truth of how her sister died.

Tell us who you think might be your Change Agent and give a few sentences about how that character fits the role. Also, include: – Their vision: – Their past experience that fits that vision:

The change agent, I think is Esme, the housekeeper, as she fluctuates from being cruel to kind throughout. Esme also raised both girls from the day of their birth, while working as a housekeeper for the family. Because of this, she is in a deep state of grief. I think also if this is possible, that Mary Belinda’s surfacing memories might also be the change agent

Tell us who you think might be your Transformable Character(s) and give a few sentences about how that character or characters fit the role.

Mary Belinda is the transformable character, as she is grieving the sudden death of her twin sister. As she works to discover the truth of how her sister died she uncovers some dark family secrets, which shake up her beliefs about her world. One of these dark family secrets is about Esme, and as she struggles to come to grips with this family secret, Esme continues to oscillate between showing her kindness and being cruel.

Tell us who or what you think might be The Oppression and give a few sentences about how The Oppression works in your story.

The oppression is being cloistered on the property, unable to leave, as her father has had locks put on all the gates. This feeling of being imprisoned is further compounded by hearing family and Esme and Al whispering to each other and misconstruing the true meaning of what they are saying. Another part of the oppression is the deep set grief she feels from losing her sister and then her boyfriend, who is later killed in a car accident.

Tell us who you think might be your Betraying Character and give a few sentences about how that character fits the role.

I think that the betraying character could be Al. He lies to Mary Belinda about his actions the night Liddy Katherine died. After that, he brings a trunk he denied as existing to Mary Belinda into the garden to do his work. I think also that the betraying character could be Esme, as she oscillates so much between being kind and outright cruel. She does this, as she is struggling with accepting how Liddy Katherine died. She is unable to complete her own transformational journey. This is because she is unable to completely process her grief.

TODAY: Watch and analyze DEAD POETS SOCIETY.

We are looking at this movie from the perspective of the change that occurs for the lead character and the audience.

1. What is the change this movie is about? What is the Transformational Journey of this movie?

The change this movie is about is about learning to think for yourself and following your heart, while living in an environment demanding conformity and obedience.

2. Lead characters:

– Who is the Change Agent (the one causing the change) and what makes this the right character to cause the change?

The change agent is Mr. Keating. He is the right character to cause the change, as he went to this school when he was younger. He also is following his heart in his choice to be a teacher and lives a life, in which he thinks for himself and does not follow the rules of conformity even within his teaching job. He cares very much about the boys he teaches and wants them to learn to think for themselves and live lives they feel passionate about, to find their own voices.

– Who is the Transformable Character (the one who makes the change) and what makes them the right character to deliver this profound journey?

Neil is the transformable character. He is the right character to deliver this profound journey, as he has a very strict and abusive father, who insists he conform to what he wants. Yet, inside Neal’s heart, he wants to be an actor, and he is a very good actor.

Some of the other boys are also the transformable characters, as they change too. They are the right characters to deliver this profound journey, as they want to change and are able to look inside themselves and outside the box of the oppression of the rules of the boarding school.

What is the Oppression?

The oppression includes the rules of the school and the staff at the school, excluding Mr. Keating.

3. How are we lured into the profound journey? What causes us to connect with this story?

We are lured into the profound journey by Mr. Keating, who very clearly behaves and thinks outside the box in a private boarding school setting with many strict rules that demands compliance from the students. We are lured into the story by the connection the boys have with Mr. Keating, as well as the photo of past students at the school, including what Mr. Keating says about these boys. We are also lured into the profound journey by the boys starting their own dead poets society.

4.) m “old ways” to “new way of being.”

The profound journey starts with doing what they are told, following their parents desires and expectations, and following the school rules, not seizing the moment, not following their heart. The profound journey ends with a transformation into their new way of being, including thinking for themselves, stating what is their truth, and standing up for Mr. Keating.

Identify their old way: Doing what their parents and the school staff tell them to do-conforming, following the rules, not thinking for themselves.

Identify their new way at the conclusion:

They stand up for what is right-speak their truth that Mr. Keating did not encourage them to have their own dead poets society. As well, the boys that were transformed all stand on their desks in support of Mr. Keating, who was fired and blamed for the suicide of Neil Perry. They do not listen to the dean, who tells them to get down from off of the desks.

5. What is the gradient the change? What steps did the Transformational Character go through as they were changing?

Forming and joining the dead poets society

Saying the words that Mr. Keating wrote on a slip of paper, while kicking a ball

Auditioning for an acting part

Getting the acting part

Typing a letter-pretending to be his father

Lying to his father that he wouldn’t be in the play

6. How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a main character to shift their perspective…and make the change?

The following beliefs are challenged.

He must do as his father wants and go to medical school. What he loves to do and feels he is inside himself is not important and that what he wants doesn’t count. He doesn’t have a right to choose what he wants to do in life. All that counts is what his father wants for him.

7. What are the most profound moments of the movie?

Ripping the pages of the poetry text book out

Throwing the desk set off the roof

The dead poets society meetings

Slipping the article in the school newspaper by the dead poets society to allow girls into the school

Neil’s success in the play

Neil’s suicide

Standing on the desks in support of Mr. Keating

Mr. Keating saying thank you to the boys for their support when they stood on their desks and voiced that he hadn’t done anything wrong.

8. What are the most profound lines of the movie?

“Oh captain, my captain”

“Carpe diem- seize the day.”

-“Gather rosebuds while you may.”

“Make your lives extraordinary.”

“Rip out the entire page. Rip it out!”

“Poetry, love, are what we stay alive for.”

“You must trust that your beliefs are your own.”

9. How does the ending payoff the setups of this movie?

The ending pays off the setups of this movie by showing the boys who were transformed thinking for themselves, seizing the moment, trusting that their beliefs are their own, and following those beliefs. They did not conform at the end of the movie. They thought for themselves and did not follow the rules.

10. What is the Profound Truth of this movie?

Follow your heart

Speak your truth

Don’t conform

Carpe diem

Find your own voice

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[Karen Tolliver]

Karen Tolliver Lead Characters

What I learned doing this assignment is a deeper understanding of how I need to increase my characters journey. It helped me to see each role my characters play and how I will write better making my film profound.

1. Transformational logline:

Logline: A naive Accountant, discovers her cheating husband has embezzled the firms funds. She gathers her Girls Crew and bust him and the crooked FBI agent in the act. Clears her name and gets her life back.

2. Change Agent: Carol Ridgeway. She is married to a wonderful man who she dated a while before marrying him. She’s a Divorce Lawyer who absolutely loves what she does representing the wife. Her vision: To make sure Sharon is not taken advantage of. She grew up with Sharon and has watched her go threw bad relationships.

3. Transformable Character: Sharon Anderson. She has always had bad relationships because she never had a father figure around to show her how a man is supposed to treat a woman.

4. The Oppression: The forced pressure from the FBI who arrested her for Embezzlement. She needs to prove her innocence.

5. Betraying Character: Andrea Taylor. She’s always down with her girls, but her fears sometimes get in the way.

ASSIGNMENT 4B: Analysis of Dead Poet’s Society

1. The movie is about getting people to change from their old thinking and become “Free Thinkers”. The transformational journey is the process of becoming Free thinkers, from ripping out the first few pages in the Poetry book explaining what poetry is.

2. Lead Characters:

Change Agent: John Keating. He attended this school growing up and created “The Dead Poet’s Society” he was always a rebellious thinker.

Transformable Character: The Boys. They’re entering the school at a time in their lives of being easily influenced teenagers.

The Oppression: The School Administration.

3. We’re lured into this journey because everyone can identify with being conformed to doing things the Old Ways in the name of “Tradition”.

4. Who is changed the most? Neil. He believed strong in his heart he was an Actor that he lied to his Dad, forged a letter, and would rather kill himself than live on Earth and be conformed to another persons vision for his life.

5. The gradient change of The Boys is meeting Keating and expecting him to be the same as the other redundant teachers. But he taught them to think for themselves through exercises and metaphors. Their confidence grew, they met girls, kissed girls, and defied their parents.

6. The “Old Ways” are challenged by bringing back The Dead Poet’s Society club. The beliefs that are challenged causing The Boys to shift their perspectives are Tradition, Obedience, and Compliance.

7. The Profound moments of the movie are watching Niel stand at the window with his Acting Crown on and later killing himself. Also, Todd standing on the desk saying “O Captain, my Captain”.

8. The most profound lines of the movie are “Carpe diem, seize the day”

9. The ending payoff of the setups in the movie by the last scene of The Boys standing on the desk in honor of John Keating’s teaching.

10. The profound truth of this movie is everyone needs to think for themselves. It promotes “Free Thinkers”. To think for yourself is to listen to your own Inner Being.