Facing the new curriculum, instead of mechanically recording lesson plans on the blackboard, they have learned to listen attentively and think attentively. It is the basic function of the school to preach, teach and solve doubts, and emancipating the mind is the highest goal of the school.
Teacher Keating symbolizes a free poet, who brings not only new culture but also new ideas to students. So he let the bound students learn to tear off the textbooks and imprison them; He let the weak students learn to resist and take the initiative, and even let them start a new chapter in their lives.
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The screenplay is based on the author Thomas Schumann's real experience in Montgomery Bell College, a preparatory school for boys in Nashville, Tennessee.
The role of Teacher Keating in the film was inspired by Samuel, an English professor at the University of Connecticut, who was Thomas Schumann's teacher when he was studying at Montgomery Bell College. Another inspiration for this film comes from james hilton's novel Goodbye, Mr. Kip, which has been adapted into TV series or movies at least four times.