Dead Poet’s Society Notes: Part 2

• Knox goes to the party, is ignored by Chris, then gets drunk
• The boys seem very annoyed by Dalton bringing girls to their meeting 
• Knox gets beat on by Chris’s boyfriend 
• Dalton publishes a article about the dead poet’s society in the school paper
• Dalton exposes himself as the writer of the article in an attempt to get thrown out of the school and Is punished for it
• Dalton is told to turn in everyone in the society
• Mr. Keating is confronted by the headmaster about his teaching methods
• He talks to Dalton about his behavior, but gently
• Neil’s father finds out about the play and tells Neil to quit
• Neil goes to Keating to talk about his father, and Keating encourages him to talk to his father and show what his passion is
• Knox tries to give Chris flowers. He charges into her class and reads her a poem aloud
• Neil claims that he talked to his father and his father is going to let him stay with acting. Mr. Keating doesn’t seem to believe him
• Knox invites Chris to the play with him, and she agrees
• Neil’s father shows up to the play
• Neil’s father reacts badly to the play and orders Keating to stay away from Neil
• Neil’s father says exactly what he thought he would and Neil passes up his chance to talk to him
• Neil steals his father’s gun and kills himself
• Cameron tells on the group, administration looks to make Keating responsible for Neil’s death 
• Keating gets fired
• The students give him a standing farewell
• What was the significance of what Keating taught them? Can we truly know the long term effects or can it only be inferred or assumed? 
• What was the difference between the way Keating affected his students vs. the way Escalante affected his?