The past wednseday September 10 the class had the opportunity to see the great movie classic “Dead’s Poets Society” in which appeared recently dead star and loved actor, Robin Williams. As part of the character journal for this movie I chose Knox Overstreet. Knox recognizes the importance of individualism when he becomes infatuated with “Chris”, a girl that he has never actually met before. He became obsessed with “Chris” which already had a boyfriend, called Chet. He ends up risking his life in front of Chet to win her heart. Knox assumed individual authority of his choices and stop obeying traditional authority figures. As his internal journey, Knox didn’t undergo any kind of self-realization like Todd did. He just threw himself into the romanticism and used that as his interpretation of “carpe diem”.
In his external journey, he broke rules to see her, competed for her attention with her boyfriend, and sacrificed his relationship with his family.Knox can be called as the luckiest one of the characters in the movie as the only authority figure he face was Chet and it wasn’t the same kind of authority that Mr.Perry was to Neil or the school was to Nwanda. So maybe that is why things worked out better for Knox than Neil and Nwanda. Chris obviously does like the attention Knox gives her, and in the end, holds his hand at the play. Although this has a happy outcome, this is completely an example of romanticism. The main point is that Knox risked quite a lot for a girl he never really even talked to. Many times the “wanting” is more intense than the actual being in the situation. Knox’s fearless mind will forever demonstrate the importance and necessity of self-discovery and individual growth to new generations of teenagers to come.
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