Dead poets society

During my recent studies of English Literature, I have come across several poems which are quoted in the famous book and film "Dead poets society". To be more concrete, they refer to the tender Shakespeare's sonnet 18 "shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" (although in the film is aimed at a girl and in reality the object of these amazing verses is a man) and to the poem "To the virgins, to make much of time" by Robert Herrick. I am looking forward to the subject in second year on American Literature, with the quoted Walt Whitman.

Personally, "Dead poets society" has always been one of my favourite films. I first watched it with 14 years and I was somehow touched by it. It may be probably the fact that I am also an extremely shy person as Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke, in the film), the different approach to a subject so aride to me before as Literature, or the quiet atmosphere displayed in the film, or a little bit of everything.

In real life, right here, right now, I am finding the truth within the expression "carpe diem", around which everything is moving, in both the film and the book. We must be always aware of our finite life and take the most of our time, by enjoying every moment of our lives and by not being too afraid of changes and new developments; cloudy days will surely come and then it is better not to regret what we have not done in sunny days.