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Laura Hyler Dead Poet’s Society Assignment 4b
1. What is the change this movie is about? What is the transformational journey of this movie?
The change this movie is about, is that you are not a prisoner to other’s belief systems; that you can find your heart and soul and still be successful.
2. Lead Characters:
– Who is the Change Agent (the one causing the change) and what makes this the right character to cause the change?
–John Keating, the English teacher is the Change Agent. He is the right character to cause the change because he is in direct relationship with the students and is most able to influence them.
– Who is the Transformable Character (the one who makes the change) and what makes them the right character to deliver this profound journey?
– I believe that all of the students were transformable characters with the exception of Richard Cameron. Neil transforms, and then regresses to the point of no return when he commits suicide. However, it is Todd Anderson who truly transforms throughout the story, until he ultimately is the one who stands up (literally) for Keating, leading the way for the others to follow. We see the complete transformation of a shy and inhibited student come full circle and lead others.
– What is the oppression? The school and it’s stringent, unyielding rules.
3. How are we lured into the profound journey?
Keating’s unorthodox teaching methods are the first “hook,” into the story, and when he shows the students the picture in the hallway and repeats “Carpe Diem,” “Seize the Day,” challenging them to leave an immortal legacy.
4. What causes us to connect with this story?
We connect with this story on many levels. We have all experienced the teenage years, the awkwardness of that period of time, the sometimes difficult task of finding our inner voices, and handling criticism.
This is also true for Mr. Keating, as he has an unorthodox manner of teaching, and has to deal with the rules and biases of the school and parents. He pays the price for this in the end after Neil’s death.
5. Looking at the characters 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 most profound change came from Todd Anderson. His old way was to cower in the shadow of his brother’s reputation, give in to his lack of confidence, (which is reinforced by parents that cannot even remember that they gave him the same desk set the previous year for his Birthday), and his fear of speaking publicly.
We get glimpses of his new way during his journey, but the steps are very small. It is not until Neil commits suicide that Todd finally frees himself to truly say what he needs to say.
6. What is the gradient change? What steps did the Transformational Character go through as they were changing?
Todd went from being painfully shy to the point that he could not speak aloud with many people around, to going to the study groups and the Dead Poet’s Society, even if it was only to take notes. It is not really until the very end, that Todd shows his true self in standing up for John Keating.
7. How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a main character to shift their perspective and make a change?
John Keating challenged Todd several times. The first time was when they were all supposed to read a poem that they wrote out loud in front of the class. When Todd showed up without one, Keating made him improvise, using words Keating wrote on the blackboard.
Another time was when Keating had the students stand on the top of his desk and look around, saying that you do not know another perspective unless you see things from another angle.
8. What are the most profound moments of the movie?
The most profound moment(s) of the movie starts with Keating’s first day when he brings the boys into the hallway and shows them previous alumni.
When the boys decide to form their own Dead Poet’s Society.
When Overton keeps pursuing Chris in the face of danger.
When Neil auditions and gets the role of Puck.
When Todd yells at Cameron that Cameron is not telling the truth.
When Cameron shows that he hasn’t changed.
When Neil dies.
When Todd gets up on his desk and says “Oh Captain, my Captain.”
9. What are the most profound lines of the movie?
When Keating tells the boys that “these young men are now fertilizing daisies” and that they should seize the day while they still can.
“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.”
“But only in their dreams can man be truly free.”
“Boys, you must strive to find your own voice.”
“Sucking the marrow out of life doesn’t mean choking on the bone.”
10. How does the ending payoff the setups of this movie?
Neil’s suicide pays off the set up of the insurmountable oppression Neil is under from his father.
Todd- finally coming out of his shell and finding his voice, is his freedom from the oppression of low self-esteem, and trying to live up to his older brother’s reputation and the invisible-ness from his parents.
11. What is the Profound Truth of this movie?
To Seize the Day, live life to its fullest, find your voice and leave a legacy to remember.
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DAY 4A ASSIGNMENT:
—————–Pat’s Lead Characters
What I learned doing this assignment is that just like we created underpinnings in the character arc, we are beginning to create them in the plot. These characters will create conflict and emotion, and influence the character to rise of fall during their journey.
1. Tell us your transformational journey logline.
A young man dreams of becoming a lauded Shakespearean actor, but when challenged by systematic racism, he neglects his wife and son before learning family is his most important accomplishment.
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:Change Agent: Ira’s wife who has learned how to manipulate societal thinking. Her vison is “think not who you are, think who you shall be.”
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.
Ira is committed to becoming a Shakespearean actor. When he arrives in England, he discovers that England is just as racist as America is confounded by journalists attempts to keep him from performing in London’s theaters.
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 systematic racism which becomes a barrier to Ira’s success.
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 yet if the Betraying Character is Daniel, Ira’s oldest son who is busy feeling sorry for himself that he is unable to do anything good with his life or for his own family.
Or if it is Barry, the editor that refuses to recognize Ira’s success despite the other journalists doing so.
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Patrick Malone LEAD CHARACTERS
I learned what a Betraying Character is, and that Mike is the Betraying Character. He is also a secondary Change Agent.
1.Transformational Journey Logline
An American Indian who has rejected his culture/heritage is confronted by an alien bent on killing his white friends. Only by embracing his native spirituality can he save his friends.
2. The Change Agent: Kit
Kit and her friends are experiencing dangerous paranormal events in a remote ghost town. She recognizes that this was the town in the 1870s that was at war with the local Indians. She recalls the legend that an alien helped fight for the Indians. The alien was captured by the townspeople and sealed in a mine shaft. The town was then deserted.
The alien despises white people. Dennis is Indian and she realizes that only he can deal with the alien and save them. Kit gradually tries to get Dennis to recognize and accept his uniqueness, heritage and his strengths.
3. THE TRANSFORMABLE CHARACTER: Dennis
Dennis is Indian but lives as a white person. He rejected his heritage due to his impoverished childhood and alcoholic parents. He is embarrassed by much of the Indian culture. He scoffs at Kit’s attempts to get him to embrace his culture.
4. THE OPPRESSION
The paranormal threats of the alien.
As the scares and dangers build in the ghost town and Kit reveals the town’s history, she and her friends realize that only Dennis has the power to deal with the alien.
5. BETRAYING CHARACTER: Mike
Mike is a bigot. He resents Indians. Even though Dennis behaves as white, Mike ridicules and taunts him. When he realizes that Dennis is their only hope in dealing with the alien, he encourages Dennis to change. But as Dennis begins his transformation, Mike freaks out and attempts to sabotage it. This puts all in danger.
Mike could also be an agent of change. His ridiculing of Dennis could help motivate Dennis to do something to gain insights into his heritage.
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Day 4A assignment:
1) A Pilgrim girl, orphaned in the New World, relies on her own strength to surmount personal loss and physical hardships before she comes to understand and believe it is the Lord who must sustain her through it all.
2) John Howland is the Change Agent. Howland is a young Pilgrim and the manservant of John Carver, who is the first governor of Plymouth and a devout Separatist. John Howland is only 21-22, so he has little experience of his own, but he has learned much from the governor and shares his desire to establish a colony in the New World that will implement the governmental structure they have learned from Scripture. He believes God has led them to the New World, and he wants to serve Him. He is passionate in his beliefs, and he is attracted to Bess Tilley (the transformable character) so he would be the natural person to help redirect her self-sufficient, mistrustful attitude to one of dependence on and trust in God.
3) Bess Tilley is the Transformable Character. Bess is a young girl, orphaned in the first three months after arriving in the New World. It was not her choice to leave Leiden, the only home she knew, and we know she questioned her parents’ decision. When they, and her aunt and uncle all die, she considers returning to Leiden, but she knows it would be a miserable homecoming and feel like a failure. She decides to honor her parents’ vision, but she’s going to do it her way. She takes steps to provide for and protect those she feels are in her care, and if God wants to bless her efforts, fine. If not, fine. She’ll do it without Him.
4) The Oppression is a combination of the harsh physical conditions which plague the colonists and the tension that exists between the colonists and the Native Americans.
5) Desire Minter is another Pilgrim girl who is part of the family group Bess eventually joins. Desire had no family when she came on the Mayflower, and the physical hardships she has had to endure are more than she ever anticipated. Although she admires Bess’s determination to overcome their circumstances, she does not believe it can be done, and frequently points out where Bess is failing in her efforts.
6) I learned this was an incredibly helpful way to focus on and define the main characters.
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Day 4A Assignment
Brenda’s Lead Characters
What I learned doing this assignment is I didn’t know about the Betraying character, and it made really think about my story on a deeper level. In real life, everyone has someone in their life who is this character either because they can’t keep up with the changes or who are held back through their fears or other life circumstances. The Betraying Character makes the story more realistic and adds to conflict in the story.
1. Transformational Journey Logline: A depressed and lonely dying child begs his professional treasure hunter mother to take him on a treasure hunt, and they both discover that treasure and love can be found even in a hospital.
2. The Change Agent is the mother. Since it’s her child she feels guilty that her child is depressed and lonely, and she feels obligated to make the child’s final days happy ones. Her vision is life is a miracle and a joy, and before the child became ill she knew her child thought of life that way. Her goal in the story is to bring the child back to the way he was.
3. The Transformable Character is the child. The story is told from the child’s point of view. I thought of originally making the child a boy, but I’m going to change the child to be a girl because I think there is more room for dramatic conflict for a girl child such as mother/daughter jealousy, seeing yourself in your own child, as a mother you’re supposed to creating a better generation of female in your child and you haven’t so there is guilt because you’ve passed down your neuroses and other bad habits, etc. It’s the child who has to transform to face their last days in peace.
4. The oppression is disease the child is dying from, and society’s view of death and how it should be treated.
5. The Betraying Character is the nurse who takes care of the child and has in effect become the substitute parent. I think there will be some jealousy when the mother comes up with the hospital treasure hunt, and the nurse will sabotage the mother’s efforts. The child will feel betrayed because the nurse was the substitute parent, and has now become the enemy of sorts. It’s not that the nurse doesn’t see life is a miracle and joy, but in her line of work she has become jaded and wants her patients to face death with realistic eyes. The mother character has a more optimistic point of view, and believes one should face death thinking every moment is a miracle.
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Lesson 4-A Assignment
Linda’s Lead Characters
I learned that each of these questions has helped me continue to flesh out the characters, their interactions, and their personal journeys.
1. Transformational journey logline.
A military chaplain on his first tour of duty in Iraq rejects his father’s type of ministering and finds his own way to gain the respect he’s always wanted while suffering debilitating loss and eventually becoming a selfless hero.
2. Change Agent is base commander Major Sloan who just wants to get all his troops to safety after an insurgent’s bombing destroys most of Camp Wolf base. Nothing matters more than staying alive. This vision is based on years of war experience in Afghanistan and now, Iraq. It has hardened him into a man who is furious with God, if there even is a God.
3. Transformable Character(s):
Tanji, a young military chaplain, is the main Transformable Character because the dark night of soul he experiences doing Mortuary and ministerial duties plunges the other characters and himself into danger.
Major Sloan, the base commander, is a Transformable Character because his wound/secret is that he used to rely on a loving and protective God, but war has knocked all that out of him. Tanji is the key to his finding peace with a spirituality that doesn’t fit his old beliefs.
Mario (see below).
Adiba, the base Iraqi interpreter, is a Transformable Character because she clings to the promise of immigrating to America (where the streets are paved with gold) in exchange for helping Major Sloan communicate with people in her home village near the base. Her faith in Islam is unshakable, but her brother is joining the insurgents. A budding love for Christian Tanji puts her into crisis of a forbidden longing for an Infidel.
4. The Oppression is the relentless Iraq war where insurgents have destroyed most of Camp Wolf in a nighttime attack on this small, isolated base. If they discover anyone is still there, they will finish the job.
5. Betraying Character: Mario, Tanji’s Chaplain’s Assistant, is a reluctant turncoat who Major Sloan recruits to deliver information that will enable him to get Tanji out of Iraq. Mario has concluded that Tanji isn’t cut out to be a war-zone chaplain and is a danger to himself and others. Mario’s treachery of Tanji and loss of his best friend in the base attack puts him over the edge emotionally.
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Sherri D. Coffee – Lead Characters 4A
What I learned from this assignment is to flush out my characters more to create the tension of a profound story.
1.Transformational Journey Logline: A naive idealistic woman join a lobby firm to “change the world” of healthcare. She discovers an apathetic closed political system resistant to change. To “make lives better”, she must develop the necessary skills to change the stagnant policies.
2. Change Agent: George Connor is a very successful lobbyist. When he is hired by a women’s health client, he brings Kathryn on board to help him manage the account.
3. Transformable character: Kathryn Moore. After her mother dies from cancer, Kathryn embarks up on quest to improve medical policies for other patients to receive treatment.
4. The oppression: The political system is not very friendly to newcomers who do not know the inside game. Kathryn encounters obstacles that she could not imagine.
5. Betraying character: Kathryn befriends another new lobbyist. She is a cunning lawyer with a personal agenda. She begins an affair with the Speaker of the House and Kathryn is forced to cut ties.
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</div>Sherri D. Coffee – 4B
1. Change in movie? Moving from the traditional expectations of society and education to a more independent thinking free of oppressive influences. Transformational journey: the students begin to find true passions.
2. Lead Characters: Change Agent: Mr. Keating. He is the educator responsible for providing the course information.
Transformable character: Neil Perry. He cannot stand up to his father who has deemed a physician career for him to pursue.
Oppression: His father.
3. Lured into the profound journey by watching the passion develop among the students. They are enamored with Mr. Keating because he is so different from anything or anyone else at the school. We connect because we can relate to the ability to explore and dream.
4. Neil Perry: does what his father wants. Embarks upon a new path to act.
5. Gradient of change: Will not disobey his father. Gives up being assistant editor. Forms the dead poet’s society. Connects with the poetry and begins to think for himself. Tries out for a play and gets the lead role. His father finds out and he stands up to his father. After his performance, his father again tells him he will go to Harvard and become a doctor. He cannot accept his fate and commits suicide.
6. Old way: parents decide what a child will be and what career is expected. Control and command. Beliefs are challenged because the child breaks out of the oppression to pursue passions.
7. Profound moments: Professor walks into the classroom and discovers students ripping up papers. he scolds until he realizes Mr. Keating is there. Neils wants to act but is reminded of his fathers’ expectations. When the students stand on the desks to honor Mr. Keating as he leaves.
8. Oh Captain, My Captain; Carpe diem; Find your own road; For the first time I know what I want to do whether my father wants me to or not; You live once and you should live on your own terms; boys, you must strive to find your own voice because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all; Most men leave lives of quiet desperation. Don’t be resigned to that breakout; words and ideas change the world.
9. The ending where the boys stand on their desks and call out to Mr. Keating – Oh Captain, My Captain, to honor him and demonstrate support for all he did for them.
10. Profound truth: Find your own passion and pursue. Don’t let other people decide your life path.
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DAY 4B ASSIGNMENT:
TODAY: Watch and analyze DEAD POET’S 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?
– A teacher uses poetry to encourages boys to identify and pursue their life’s passions.
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. As a former student and now, teacher he can guide his students through a transformation.
– Who is the Transformable Character (the one who makes the change) and what makes them the right character to deliver this profound journey?
– The students are the transformable characters
– What is the Oppression?
– The Oppression is a rigorous academic system mired in traditional ways of teaching which includes strict rules and the requirement to adhere to them.
3. How are we lured into the profound journey? What causes us to connect with this story?
– Keating encourages them to break the rules. The boys are enticed with this notion because it is unexpected and new to them.
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:Todd Anderson:
– Lacks confidence in oration
– Takes notes instead of reading poetry aloud
Neil Perry:
– Afraid to stand up to his father
– Decides his path is to become an actor and wants to play Puck in a Shakespearean play
– Todd Challenges Neil about his ambitions and reminds him of his father’s expectations.
Charlie Dalton (Slick):
– Hated the clarinet after being forced to take lessons for years, but has found solace in the saxophone.
– Charlie brings girls to the Indian Cave and insists they need girls at the school.
– Charlie challenges Mr. Nolan suggesting girls should be allowed to attend Welton. Mr. Nolan challenges Charlie with the paddle.
Knox Overstreet:
– Has a crush on a girl who is in love with a jerk.
– He sees her at her school but is too afraid to talk to her
– He calls her and she invites him to a party at her boyfriend’s her
– Charlie challenges Knox’s expectation that she likes him but Knox insists the party being at the boyfriend’s house is meaningless.
Cameron:
– Clearly the outsider that no one trusts
– Charlie challenges Cameron’s beliefs that they should conform to the rules
Identify their new way at the conclusion:
Todd Anderson:
– Challenged by Keating to create a poem after not completing his homework and successfully creates an impromptu poem
– Leads the group in honoring Keating as he leaves the classroom
Neil Perry:
– Pursues his dream and secures the role of Puck
– Fulfills his commitment to play puck despite his father’s demand that he withdraw from the play
– Determined not to go to military school, he takes his own life, defying his father’s plans
Charlie Dalton (Slick):
– Charlie remains defiant and refuses to rat out the other boys.
Knox Overstreet:
– Know kisses Chris as she sleeps and is punched out by her boyfriend, Chet.
– Despite the dangers of running afoul Chet, Knox confesses his love to Chris
– When Chris comes to Welton to tell Knox he embarrassed her and that he must stop, Knox convinces her to attend Neil’s play with him.
– Knox places his hand on Chris’s hand and she doesn’t snatch it away, indicating she likes him too.
Cameron:
– Is still the outsider that no one trusts despite the bonding activities and the challenges. He is the only DPS character who doesn’t transform.
5. What is the gradient change? What steps did the Transformational Character go through as they were changing?
– In convocation they learn they are expected to adhere to the 4 principles – Tradition, Honor, Excellence, & Discipline. The informal version is Travesty, Horror, Decadence and Excrement which indicates their disdain for the rules and their openness to change.
– The boys accept the monotonous, redundant, and repressive routines imposed by their instructors.
– Keating takes them out of the classroom environment and gives them some fundamental knowledge about life. They are initially distrustful of him.
– Keaton encourages them to rip out the Preface. They struggle with the idea before doing it.
– They begin referring to Keaton as O Captain, my Captain.
– Neil finds Keating annual yearbook in the library and they are curious about the Dead Poet’s Society (DPS). Keating tells him to burn it after he explains what it was about.
– The boys track down the old Indian Cave and mimic the DPS.
– The boys play soccer and carry Keating in victory. It signals they now trust him and admire him.
6. How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a main character to shift their perspective…and make the change?
While each boy is challenged as stated above, Keating challenges them as a group by breaking the teaching norms at Welton.
He continually challenges them by enlightening through poetry and teaches them lessons in compatibility and the acceptability of going their own way.
7. What are the most profound moments of the movie?
– Keating whispers Carpe Diem and tells the boys to make their lives extraordinary.
– The boys’ magical, mystical journey from the school to the Indian Cave
– The boys bond through poetry in the cave and as they return to the dorms
– Keating reads Shakespeare in different accents.
– Keating invites them to stand on the desk for a new perspective and think of their own lives as they read poetry
– The boys break out – tap into Radio Free America and dance; fence on the hillside
– Neil decides he wants to act instead of going to medical school
– Keating draws a poem out of Todd, revealing some of Todd’s insecurities.
– Keating combines soccer with poetry reading
– Todd reveals to Neil that it’s his birthday and Todd has received the same desk set he received the year before from his parents, and Neil cheers him up.
– Charlie excepts responsibility for the article by pretending to answer the phone and says it’s for Mr. Nolan.
– Charlie faces the paddle, but doesn’t rat out the other boys.
– Neil’s father demands he withdraw from the play
– Through Knox’s persistence, he gets Chris
– Neil stands up to his father by finishing the play although he knows his father is in the auditorium
– The boys YAWP for Neil after his performance as Puck.
– Everyone lauds Neil’s performance except his father, who demands Keating to stay away from his son, followed by him hustling Neil away from the theater.
– Neil plots his own demise. He stands in the window bare-chested and places Puck’s thorny crown on his head – reminiscent of Jesus, the sacrificial lamb. Then he descends to the basement to kill himself.
– Neil’s parents weep and mourn over their dead son.
– The boys learn Neil is dead and Todd breaks down.
– Keating reads the opening verse to the DPS meeting, realizing how it may have influenced Neil’s decisions, and he sobs.
– Cameron rats the boys out and informs them Nolan and the board of directors are going after Keating.
– Todd sits in Mr. Nolan’s office as Nolan reads misstatements about Keating’s actions. He sees is peers have all signed the document.
– Keating looks out the window and sees his fellow faculty member teaching the students outside. He’s left his mark in more ways than one.
– Keating enters the classroom and Todd comes to his defense before Nolan forces him out of the classroom. Much is left unsaid between Keating and Todd until…
– Todd stands on his desk and says, “O Captain, my Captain” and the other’s join in.
8. What are the most profound lines of the movie?
– Gather the rosebuds while thee may. Time is a flying and these same flowers today will be dying. Carpe Diem – Seize the day.
– We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race and the human race is filled with passion…. You are here because life exists in identity and the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
– These boys (former students) are now fertilizing daffodils
– Dare to strike out and find new ground
– Robert Frost – Two roads diverge…
– When the boys say, “Yes, Captain” after receiving an assignment.
– Charlie: “Mr. Nolan, it’s for you. It’s God. He said you should have girls at Welton.
– Charlie: Damnit Neil, the name is Uwanda (indicating he didn’t turn the other boys in).
– Keating: There’s a time for daring and time for caution and a wise man understands which is called for.
– When Neil reads the lines from Puck in the final scene, it is as if he’s asking his father to make amends.
– Neil’s mother’s denial that Neil is dead. “He’s alright, he’s alright, he’s alright.”
– The final time the DPS boys say “O Captain, my Captain,” as they stand on their desks.
9. How does the ending payoff the setups of this movie?
The ending pays off the setups:
– Learning and adapting the phrase, “O Captain, my Captain.”
– The boys are challenged to seize the day and to live life out loud and they begin to let go of their compliant behavior.
– The boys incorporate and enjoy poetic expressions in their everyday lives.
– That Cameron is a “boot licker.” He sides with the administration instead of with his fellow DPS members.
– The divergent paths mentioned in the Robert Frost poem are paid off – Neil taking control of his life by pursuing acting, Charlie challenging the boys only policy of the school, Knox relentlessly pursuing Chris, Cameron ratting out the boys, and Todd defying Nolan by showing honor to Keating.
10. What is the Profound Truth of this movie?
– Carpe Diem. Seize the day before you die, unfulfilled.
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Sherwen Moore Day 4A Assignment
I learned it is okay to have one or a group as the change agent(s) or as the transformational character(s) and as the Betraying Character(s). Those roles are important as ingredients to a profound artistic work.
My transformational journey logline is a former agent quits the Agency to become a community activist but finds out he is still needed in law enforcement. A dinner engagement inadvertently goes bad and entangles him with a rookie policeman in an intricate case that includes a hostage situation.
My Change Agent is a rookie policeman in his mid-20s. Fresh out of the police academy his vision was to be a great policeman that helps keep the community safe. His past experience is based on his upbringing. He came from a white middle class family that believes all people are equal under the law and should be judged by their actions and not who they are/know or how they look.
The Transformational Character is a former FBI agent in his mid-40s. He quit his job because he saw no future for himself, racism and bias toward white privilege. Even though they considered him one of their best agents, he didn’t trust them. He was not happy so he started his own program working with junior high school students from the inner city. He taught them about healthy lifestyles and healthy choices.
The Oppression is the police department. Some officers found creative but unlawful ways to supplement their income and high ranking officers would turn their heads the other way. The rookie’s partner was one of those creative officers. The police department formed a bond that seemed unbreakable. They supported each other whether right or wrong.
Betraying Character was the Bag Man. This character had worked with the rookie’s partner for a couple of years. They had been doing capers together and made money. The rookie thought they were moonlighting making extra money legitimately but they were involved in a very different and unique caper. The Bag Man’s decision to hold on to the money not only brought havoc and melee to the caper but everything else took a turn into the macabre.
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Brenda’s Assignment 4B
1. What is the change this movie is about? To have the audience feel that they need to make the most of every day and every opportunity and not themselves be held back by tradition and conformity
What is the Transformational Journey of this movie? An unconventional teacher who is a former alumni at a boy’s prep school teaches through the study of poetry that his students need to “carpe diem” or seize the day and make the most of their lives to make their mark on society.
2. Lead characters:
– Who is the Change Agent (the one causing the change) and what makes this the right character to cause the change? John Keating. He is an alumni of this school, so he knows how the student are thought to think so he is the right character to teach the boys how to think differently.
– Who is the Transformable Character (the one who makes the change) and what makes them the right character to deliver this profound journey? The transformable characters are a group of boys in his class, and they listen to what he has to say and show during the movie how they are going to the make of their opportunity. The one boy who makes the most change is Todd Anderson. He is new to the school but he knew about the school through his older brother, who graduated the year before as Valedictorian of his class. Out of all the boys, Todd showed the most change although all the boys changed and demonstrated what happened to them once they accepted the change.
– What is the Oppression? The oppression is the school which prides itself on passing tradition and discipline to its students so they get into Ivy league schools, which is at the time of the and still is the height of academic achievement.
3. How are we lured into the profound journey? What causes us to connect with this story? Each boy in the story is on brink of adulthood and so the audience can relate to that age group. Each boy’s transformational journey is also different so different members of audience can a pick a boy to relate to and follow their journey. There is also a creative use of bird imagery in the movie to reinforce the theme of teaching conformity to the boys. Flocks of birds are seen flying in harmony and together, and one is reminded of the book “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” where a bird decided he was more than just a bird. This book reference might be some type of Easter Egg/homage.
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: Todd is a quiet boy at the start of the movie. He’s new, he doesn’t like to talk. When he writes the phrase “carpe diem” on a piece of paper and tears it up we know he doesn’t believe he can make the most of his life.
Identify their new way at the conclusion: At the end of the movie, he is the one who tells the truth to Mr. Keating about what happened, he is the one who openly grieved when they found out Neil died. He found his voice and the courage to not conform and stand up for what he believes in.
5. What is the gradient the change? What steps did the Transformational Character go through as they were changing?
Todd starts out as a quiet student since he’s new and he doesn’t speak up in class.
Todd was excited by what Mr. Keating was saying but he didn’t believe it was possible for him.
He tried to write poems but he tore them up thinking he couldn’t write poetry.
Mr. Keating helped Todd in class to see that he could write poetry and the boys clapped for him in class.
He lets Neil persuade him to destroy the gift his parents gave him. This scene was symbolic of Todd throwing away the chains of tradition.
When Todd finds out Neil has died, he openly shows his grief.
At the end when Mr Keating leaves, he speaks up with joy and is not afraid.
6. How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a main character to shift their perspective…and make the change?
Todd’s lack of self-confidence is challenged when Mr Keating makes him be creative during the class and the boys in the class applaud his creativity.
Todd is not happy on his birthday when his parents send him the same gift he received the previous year. Neil shows him how to take that opportunity and make it a happy moment by destroying the gift. Neil is able to express how he feels through action.
When Mr Keating walks into the class at the end, and the teacher is teaching the same thing Mr. Keating told the boys to ignore when understanding poetry, Todd is challenged to speak up about what Mr Keating taught him and he recognizes Mr. Keating through his actions in teaching him to understand poetry and life in a different way. Todd’s sense of self confidence is challenged, and he is able to physically demonstrate that he fully integrated Mr Keating’s teachings into his heart and mind.
7. What are the most profound moments of the movie?
When Neil helps Todd destroy his parent’s birthday gift.
When we see that Todd can actually compose a poem even though he said he couldn’t.
When Todd finds out Neil died and is able to express his grief.
When Knox ends up getting the cheerleader to go to the play with him.
8. What are the most profound lines of the movie?
Mr Keating
No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.
So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys – to woo women – and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do.
9. How does the ending payoff the setups of this movie? At the end of the movie, Todd who was the most quiet of the boys and who through his actions didn’t buy “carpe diem”, has a carpe diem moment and seizes the opportunity when they last see Mr. Keating to tell him the truth and let him be recognized as a teacher who taught him some valuable lessons about poetry and about life.
10. What is the Profound Truth of this movie? Speaking your truth gives you courage and has the ability to right a wrong that has been done.
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Sherwen Moore Assignment 4b
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 is about newly hired professor alum that has a very unique style of teaching that captivates the students through his poetry class. The students were accustomed to a regimented, disciplined type of education with specific measurable ways to grade students. Keating was totally different advocating that their learning be about living in the NOW, respecting the past and shaping the future.
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 because he is the new teacher with the unique teaching style that challenges the students to, ‘seize the day’.
– Who is the Transformable Character (the one who makes the change) and what makes them the right character to deliver this profound journey? It starts out with about seven students who are really captivated by Keating and they learn about his group, the Dead Poets Society and emulates that group.
– What is the Oppression? The school is the Oppression.
3. How are we lured into the profound journey? What causes us to connect with this story?
I was lured by Keating’s impetuous wit and his ability to get you to think outside the box. It is a good possibility that we all have experienced a teacher who is different than the rest of the faculty and seems to produce wonderful results.4. Looking at the character(s) who are changed the most, what is the profound journey? From “old ways” to “new way of being.” Neil, Todd, Pitts, Cameron, Charlie, Knox, and Meeks all took that profound journey but for different reasons. It seemed to start out the same but they were motivated by Keating to explore or not explore different truths.
Identify their old way: typical boarding school filled with strict rules, study groups and formal training.
Identify their new way at the conclusion: One example is their salute to Keating, even though he was fired; they let him know the profound change he made for them by standing on their desks.
5. What is the gradient the change? What steps did the Transformational Character go through as they were changing? The process was interesting; it started out with Keating challenging the preface of a poetry book by analyzing it and having the students rip it out. Then having them analyze past students, looking at their photos as a sign of getting wisdom from the pics to be different, then the crew decided to do research on Keating and learned how eccentric he really was back in his school days. They took his words and what he did (going to this special cave and practicing poetry and doing what the original Dead Poets Society did) and emulated his actions making it applicable to their times.6. How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a main character to shift their perspective…and make the change? Keating’s teaching style showed major differences in how you retain knowledge, transfer it to your personal life and break from tradition while discovering who you are (example: Kicking a soccer ball whie making statements of social thought, creating unique poetry).
7. What are the most profound moments of the movie? Ripping out the preface, Neil’s suicide, Cameron’s break from the group, Todd having a break through moment and the final moments of Keating departure (students standing on their desks)
8. What are the most profound lines of the movie? “Seize the Day” “ I love you” (Knox to Chris) “O Captain, My Captain”
9. How does the ending payoff the setups of this movie? Even though they signed off to blame Keating for Neil’s death, all but Cameron, who was a constant doubter, realize what Keating had done for them as an educator and mentor.
10. What is the Profound Truth of this movie? Keep an open mind to how knowledge is presented to you. It can make a difference in your destiny.
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Lisandro’s Lead Characters
1. A Cherokee boy and his family are forced out of their homeland by the US Government joining their tribe in long treacherous journey across the states toward Oklahoma to start a new life.
2. I believe the mother and father are the change agent. They see their son, Silas, who is going through a lot for such a young age, especially having to leave his home and be forced to go on a journey to a new land, their vision is to find a place where they can be a family away from the US Government oversight and danger.
The mother is a full Cherokee so she will be teaching Silas of the old ways of herbal medicine and Cherokee heritage. But they both want to make sure Silas is safe and make sure he doesn’t grow up to be bitter and angry.
Silas’s mother is full Cherokee, so she has a lot of experience being part of a tribe, and his father is not Cherokee but is skilled in hunting and living in the woods.
3 Silas the boy, is the main character that will go through a major transformation, from being a joyful happy little 13-year-old, to being forced out of his homeland, to walk a long journey to the lake, where they take a ferry, from there they have to make their way to Oklahoma. It was a danger, treacherous journey, that many tribal Indians died. Something like that would leave the boy filled with suffering, and sadness and anger. The boy’s anger issues is something he will have to deal with .
I believe the mother and father will be transformed too, maybe they thought about splitting, or something was going on to keep them apart in the beginning, and a journey like this, forcing them to look after their son, it will bring them closer together… which in turn. will have two more children.
4. The US government, forcing them out of their homeland and then it becomes the natural forces that they encounter through their journey to Oklahoma.
5.I think a betraying character could be a close friend of the families who steals their food and water.
6. What i learned in doing this assignment, how understanding the mechanisms at play here to create something of story, the simplest elements, down to the transformational journey. finding that true nugget of an idea, and that comes with understanding the relationships and how they affect one another.
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SWU day 4 A change agents and transformed
Edward Brown: I’m going to use Billy W’s dramatic contrast strategy as in “Taming of the Shrew” where: had stand firm husband BUT BIG was compare the featured couple vs old way couples.
So God is the instatigator by putting total opposites George and Tanya to discover secret of what takes to create romance forever.
Incidentally, I had Tanya’s ex husband with new Irina with both plotting against Tanya’s father plus Geoge and Tanya.
However, I could use their dynamics not being Go Giving but selfish and having them turn on each other.
Got to ponder this.
Oppression besides selfishness, boredom, and plotting extinction weapons. FSB and silviki security folks.
Need to ponder this more.
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Patrick Malone PROFOUND SCREENWRITING LESSON 4B
Watch and analyze DEAD POET’S 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?
Mr. Keating, an unconventional teacher, uses poetry to encourage the students to look at things differently,
think for themselves and to live life fully.
2. Lead characters:
The Change Agent:
Mr. Keating is the change agent. He is a former student of the school and understands it’s conservative traditions and policies.
The Transformable Character:
Keating’s students are the transformable characters.
The Oppression:
The strict, conservative traditions of the school.
3. How are we lured into the profound journey?
Mr. Keating’s theatrical, exciting ways of teaching. He challenges the students to look at things from a different perspective and try new things. He encourages them to break the rules. Most of the boys are intrigued by this.
4. Looking at the character(s) who are changed the most, what is the profound journey? From “old ways” to “new way of being.”
OLD WAYS:
Todd Anderson: is quiet, hates to talk, keeps to himself. Seems insecure, nervous. He tears up the piece of paper he wrote “carpe diem” on.
Neil Perry: is confident and outgoing, a leader. But is controlled by his father and cannot stand up to him.
Knox Overstreet: is attracted to a girl, Chris, but is afraid to approach her.
Charlie Dalton: is outgoing, rebellious.
Richard Cameron: is an overachiever and follows the rules.
NEW WAYS:
Todd Anderson: having failed to write a poem, Mr. Keating takes Todd on an exercise in self-expression through which he spontaneously creates a great poem. At first he refuses to attend the Dead Poet Society meetings but eventually does go.
Neil Perry: discovers Mr. Keating’s poetry book and his old Dead Poets Society. Neil starts up a new Dead Poets Society. Also, he wants to act and successfully auditions for the lead in a play.
Knox Overstreet: overcomes his fear and goes after Chris. Eventually she agrees to go out with him to the play.
Charlie Dalton: invites girls to join the Dead Poets Society. He writes an article in the school newspaper demanding girls be accepted into Welton.
Richard Cameron: remains following the rules, and turns against Me. Keating.
5.THE GRADIENT CHANGE
– Keating shows the boys the photos of previous students now long dead and encourages his students to seize the day.
– Keating has them rip out the introduction pages to the poetry book.
– Keating takes them outside to walk as individuals, unconventionally.
– Neil and the boys create a new Dead Poet’s Society.
– They refer to Keating as , “O Captain, my Captain”.
– Neil auditions for the play
– Neil act in the play.
– Knox pursues Chris.
-Todd spontaneously creates a poem
6. How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are challenged that cause a main character to shift their perspective…and make the change?
Mr. Keating challenges the old traditional ways of the Welton Academy. Through poetry and unconventional activities, he encourages the boys to think for themselves and live life fully.
7. What are the most profound moments of the movie?
– Keating has them rip out the introduction pages to the poetry book.
– Keating has the class stand on their desks to gain a new perspective.
– Keating takes them outside to walk unconventionally, as individuals.
– Neil and the boys create a new Dead Poet’s Society.
– Neil auditions for the play
– Knox gets date with Chris
– Neil acts in the play despite his father’s disapproval
– After Keating has been fired, he enters the class, Nolan tells him to leave. but Todd stands up on his desk and says “O Captain, my Captain”. The other boys do the same.
8. What are the most profound lines of the movie?
– Keating, “In my class you will learn to think for yourself.”
– Keating, “Words and ideas can change the world.”
– Keating, “Carpe Diem – Seize the day.”
– Keating, “The powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.”
– Keating, “We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race and the human race is filled with passion. You are here because life exists in identity and the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.”
– Keating. “You must strive to fine your own voice because the longer you wait the less likely you are to find it at all.”
– Keating, “Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing.”
– Neil tries to get Todd to speak up & come to the meeting, “you can learn to be someone people will listen to.”
– Neil’s closing speech in the play seems to apply to his father.
– At the end when the boys say, “O Captain, my Captain.”
9. How does the ending payoff the setups of this movie?
– Most of the boys have learned to think for themselves and follow their passions.
– Richard Cameron the “boot-licker” who follows the rules turns against Mr. Keating
– Mr. Keating is fired for is unorthodox ways, but is proud of the boys and earned their respect.
10. What is the Profound Truth of this movie?
Carpe Diem. Seize the day before you die.
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<font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>David
Bruno</font></font></font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>”What
I learned doing this assignment is…?”</font></font></font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>I’ve
added the betraying character and the change agent to my story line.
Now I understand how the profound script class is better story line
than a documentary. </font></font></font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>ASSIGNMENT
1:</font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”>
</font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>—————–</font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>Even
if you are not completely sure about which characters are which, give
us your current GUESS about these four roles.</font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>1.
Tell us your transformational journey log line.</font></font></font></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>”An
Evolutionary Biologist obsessed with finding the origins of Modern
Man comes to discover that the human species, Homo Sapiens, were
exiled to earth by aliens as the population of a penal colony.”</font></font></font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”>
</font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>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:</font></font></font></font></font><font color=”#222222″>
</font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>-
Their vision:</font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”>
</font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”>
</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>-
Their past experience that fits that vision:</font></font></font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The
change agent for the transformable character are the students in his
university classroom. </font></font></font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>They
assert the belief that the possibilities of aliens among us is
feasible and real. One student claims to have been abducted by
aliens. </font></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”>
</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>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.</font></font></font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The
transformable character is the Evolutionary Biologist that teaches
classes on a prestigious university campus. He is always
investigating evidence that is brought to him and has kept an open
mind as a scientist. He is obsessed with gap between modern man
(Homo-Sapiens) and previous hominids, IE; Homo-Erectus, that
conventional dogma asserts as the predecessor to modern man. It’s
like an annoying itch he can’t reach or accept. </font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>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.</font></font></font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The
oppression is the dogma of the conventional beliefs of his
university, much like the school administrator of the movie; ‘dead
poet society’.</font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>5.
Tell us who you think might be your Betraying Character and give a
few sentences about how that character fits the role.</font></font></font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The
Betraying Character is a student that only wants to graduate and get
a good paying job. He goes along to get along. </font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”></font></font></font>
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<font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>Profound
writing lesson 4b, analysis of, Dead Poet Society</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>David
Bruno</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>What
I learned by doing this assignment?</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>I’ve
gotten a better understanding of the elements of a profound movie.</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>We
are looking at this movie from the perspective of the change that
occurs for the lead character and the audience.</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>1.
What is the change this movie is about? What is the
Transformational Journey of this movie?</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>This
movie is about the change our world went through in the 1960s from a
patriarchal to a matriarchal society. The transformational journey is
the students are enlivened to the fine arts and alternative
viewpoints.</font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>2.
Lead characters:</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″>
</font></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>-
Who is the Change Agent (the one causing the change) and what makes
this the right character to cause the change?</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The change agent is
Mr. Keating. He is a liberal arts teacher with a passion for an
emotional lifestyle.</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″>
</font></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>-
Who is the Transformable Character (the one who makes the change) and
what makes them the right character to deliver this profound</font></font><font color=”#222222″> </font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>journey?</font></font><font color=”#222222″> </font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>-
What is the Oppression?</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The
transformable characters are the students that became the dead poet
society. The group required an adherence to conforming to the arts
and the values of them. The oppression is the authoritarian attitude
of the administrator. </font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>3.
How are we lured into the profound</font></font><font color=”#222222″> </font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>journey?
What causes us to connect with this story?</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>I
don’t see it. I was repulsed by the eccentricity of the change
agent.</font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>4.
Looking at the character(s) who are changed the most, what is
the profound</font></font><font color=”#222222″> </font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>journey?
From “old ways” to “new way of being.”</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″>
</font></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>Identify
their old way:</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>old
ways are the strict discipline of the fathers that pay for the prep
school. </font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″>
</font></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>Identify
their new way at the conclusion:</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The
new ways of the DPS group was to rebel against the school
administrator to assert their free thinking.</font></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”><font size=”4″>
</font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>5.
What is the gradient the change? What steps did the
Transformational Character go through as they were changing?</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>From
the first class the ‘unconventional’ was taught, through many steps
or exercises to become ‘non-conforming’. </font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>6.
How is the “old way” challenged? What beliefs are
challenged that cause a main character to shift their
perspective…and make the change?</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The
old way was to disregard the wishes of the father and pursue an
acting role. </font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″>
</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>7.
What are the most profound</font></font><font color=”#222222″> </font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>moments
of the movie?</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″>
</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The administrator
harsh punishment of the paddle. The suicide of the son. </font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>8.
What are the most profound</font></font><font color=”#222222″> </font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>lines
of the movie?</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″>
</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>IDK</font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″>
</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>9.
How does the ending payoff the setups of this movie?</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”3″>The
ending is the payoff to the entire movie when the DPS stands on the
desks to salute the change agent in defiance of the school
administrator.</font></font></font><font face=”Arial, sans-serif”><font size=”4″></font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>10.
What is the Profound</font></font><font color=”#222222″> </font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>Truth
of this movie?</font></font><font color=”#222222″><font face=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”>The
movie asserts that to be a free thinker is more vital and important
than to be conforming. </font></font>
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