The drawing means that everyone walks at their own pace and that everyone should be different.

Death Poet's Society Reflection

      In Miss Syrstad's class we saw the movie of Death Poet's Society. In this movie you can see a lot of examples of transcendental ideas like the ones that Emerson and Thoreau had. Before watching the movie we read some their essays and then Miss Syrstad explained to us what Transcendentalism and Romanticism.

      The movie begins in a school that need an english teacher, and they end up hiring Mr. Keating. This teacher's lessons were kind of different. For example on his first class he went to the trophy room with his students, he told them to seize the day or Carpe Diem because they are temporary in the world and that they should leave a legacy behind. In another class the teacher told them to rip off the pages of their books, some students were reluctant at first, but everyone ended cutting the pages from their books. Another day they were outside from the classroom and Mr. Keating instructed them to march, he noticed that all the students were marching at the same pace. He told them that it is okey if some of them marched faster and some slower. Another time he told his students to stand on top of the desk and he said that it was to see things in another angle.

      Early in the movie Mr. Keaton told their students that he was a member of the Death Poet's Society and he described what they did in that, but at the end he said that they should forget about it. His students were excited about this idea and they created their own. An article was created in the name of the Death Poets and controversy rose in the school.

      Neil Perry wants to act but his father doesn't let him. He followed the idea of Carpe Diem and he auditioned for the local theatre and ends up getting thee main role of the play. He didn't tell his father about this, and after some time, his father ended up realizing that Neil was going to be the main character. Neil's father prohibits him from acting, and after he finished his play in the theatre, Neil commits suicide.

      Death Poet's Society ends up being being guilty and all the blame goes to Mr. Keating. The professor end up losing his job for something he didn't even do. Another teacher ends up replacing Mr. Keating, and while the new teacher is giving classes Keating enters and the Death Poets stand up on their desks and they say "Oh Captain, My Captain".

      Every scene I wrote represents transcendetal ideals.

Music Journal

      There's a song from Pink Floyd that reflects transcendental ideas. The name of this song is Another Brick on the Wall pt 2. Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands and this song came to my mind when I thought of something that had to do with being against imitation and other transcendental ideas. These are the lyrics of the song:

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

"Wrong, Do it again!"
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!"

      This song talks about how the schools are making you one of the bunch, or just another brick on the wall, and not a unique person.  It also says how schools are controlling people's minds by telling them what to think, what to do and to think inside the box. In the line "wrong, do it again" it says that school kills creativity because it limits the students creativity.

      If iPods existed back in the 1800's I think that Thoreau would have had this song in it. This is because Thoreau transcendental beliefs are that you should break out of your routine, be the best version of yourself, march to the beat of your own drum and make the most of your life. I don't think that Thoreau would have liked the method that schools teach children things. Inside the school, everyone should march at the same beat of the drum or you are going to be behind your classmates. Also every day of school is a routine that repeats time and time again, something that Thoreau doesn't approves. And because schools limit the creativity of children, it doesn't let you be the best version of yourself. Those are the reasons why I think that Thoreau who have this song.