Plot Dead Poets Society is a dramatic movie about a teacher who conforms his students into his own ideas. It is set in 1959, in a strict, wealthy boarding school for boys called Welton Academy situated in Vermont. John Keating was assigned as a new English professor in Welton Academy. Keating was a former student of Welton and is very passionate about his teaching. He is a charismatic teacher who earned his students love, respect and …showed first 75 words of 456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 456 total…America. Welton was built on four pillars ""tradition, honour, discipline and excellence" and they came before everything else. The best of everything was expected of the students. Parents, teachers and the headmaster expected all the students to abide by the four pillars and any student that disobeyed these rules was dismissed. Welton is a conservative place where the students are held under tight supervision with strict rules and close to no time to enjoy themselves.