JohnKeating—OCaptain!MyCaptain!TheimageofKeating:Unconventional,imaginative,passionate,amiable(和蔼可亲的,亲切的),knowledgeable,idealistic(理想主义的)Motivation:.Hewantedtheboystobefreethinkers,whichtheschoolthoughtwasmisguidingthestudents.Analysis:Mr.KeatingisaquitespecialteacherinWelton.Heuseshisownwaytoteach,andchallengesthetraditionwayofteachinginWelton.(eg:inthemovie,herequiredtheboystoripouttheentireintroductionoftheirtextbooks)Heenlightensstudents’gift,drivingstudentstolistenthevoiceofdeathsoastoinspirethemtoseizethedayinthefirstclass.Tellingthemtofindtheirownstepstotrusttheirownbeliefsareuniqueandencouragingthemtostandonthedesktoconstantlylookatthingsindifferentways.Allinall,hedoeshisbesttoencourageeveryonetolovelifeandrealisewhattheirheartsare.Hewastheirinspiration.Hemadetheirlivesextraordinary.However,therealityiscruel.Hewantedtoteachtheboystobefreethinkers,thisishismotivationbuttheschoolthoughthewasmisguidingthestudents.BecauseoftheconflictsofthedifferentideasaboutteachingbetweenMr.KeatingandWelton,theschoolforcedMr.KeatingtobethescapegoatforNeil’sdeathandquithisteachinginWelton.Theidealwasbeatedbythereality,andthecaptainwasexpeled.AlthoughMr.Keatingwasfiredbytheschoolintheend,whathetaughttothestudentshasbeenrememberedbythoseyoungboysforever.OnceintheEnglishclass,Mr.Keatingsaid”Inmyclassyouwilllearntothinkforyourselvesagain.”andIthinkifheaskedtheboyswhethertheyhavemethisrequirement,theanswermustbe”Yes,mycaptain!”KnoxOverstreet—TheLoveRunnerdeepinthethroesoffirstlove,triestogetthegirlofhisdreamsKnoxmightbetheonewhogetsmostbenefitsfromtheword”seizetheday”Theword”seizetheday”giveshimcouragetopursuehislove,abeautifulgirlnamedChris.PityisthatwedonotknowtheendingofKnoxandChris.Maybepointisnottheirending,butthefactthatifKnoxhadevertriedhisbesttopursuehislove.So,justgoahead!Braveloverunner!RichardCameron——theDisgustingRatTheimageofRichard:Traditionalconformist(英国国教徒,同流者)selfish…AfterMr.Keating’sfirstclass,heonlyconcernedaboutifMr.Keatingwilltestthemaboutthosestuff.WhenNeilorganizedthedeathpoet’ssociety,hewasthescarestone.Atlast,hebetrayedotherstosavehimselfwhenquestionedbytheprincipleaboutthedeadpoetssociety.Inaword,Cameronisaselfishness,fustyandrealisticperson.Butintheeyesoftheschoolleaders,heislikelytobea“good”student.Mabeheistheimageofordinaryatthattime.