Blog for Thursday

1. I believe that he would have still committed suicide even if Mr. Keating had not come into his life. I say that because he was already pretty miserable with the life his father had planned for him. His father practically forced him to live the life that he never had or "ever dreamed of having." Neil loved poetry and acting and wanted to pursue that, however, his father never cared what he wanted anyways. The lack of love and support from his father is what drove him to killing himself. I think that the fact that Mr. Keating was there to encourage and support Neil with his decisions and his own father did not even take into consideration his dreams is what set Neil off.
2. I don't remember which character it was that went after the girl, but I think that he is probably one of the bravest of Mr. Keating's group of boys. Even though he was after Chris throughout the whole movie, he put everything aside to get what he wanted right there and now. He looked past the consequences of what would happen if he got caught with her by her boyfriend or the school. I believe,"seize the day," made him realize that he only had one life and what would it be worth if he just conformed to what his family and school wanted and didn't live it the way he wanted to. Even though I didn't finish the movie, or if it even showed it but, I like to believe he ended up living a happy life because he pursued his dreams and went for his goals.
3. I don't remember seeing this part of the movie, but I don't think that Mr. Keating put the book in his room. I think that if anyone put it there it would have been Todd or his father. I think that Todd would have done it because Neil helped him come out of his shell and kind of taught him how to have fun. If he did it, I think it was just his way of saying thank you to Neil. If it was his father, I think he would have done it because he knows that he was the reason that Neil died. He could have left it there as an apology to him for not taking the time to sit down and listen. It could have also been a reminder to him of who is son truly was.