Life As I Know It

Charlie Dalton a.k.a Nuwanda. Carpe Diem. Among the characters from the Dead Poets Society I like Charlie Dalton the best. The clown, the maverick. “I am exercising my right not to walk.” “ Welton Academy . Hello? Yes, he is. Just a moment. Mr. Nolan, it's for you. It's God. He says we should have girls at Welton.” - CD The scene in which he punches Richards for ratting. I cannot say I like Neil or Todd who are the definite favorites in the movie. Neil [the strongest] committing suicide and Todd [the weakest] taking initiative for the very first time when Keating is fired stands up on the bench and says, “O Captain, My Captain”. But I sigh every time knowing that Dalton has been expelled and the empty seat stands out. My friend with whom I have discussed this movie asked my how I never for a second spare a thought for Neil. Well, that is super simple – Neil is dead, but CD is alive and still has a life ahead...

I could never understand poetry. I always felt silly reading them. But i did enjoy The Rime of the Ancient Mariner -Coleridge and Lady of shallot- Tennyson the only two pieces of poetry i could read over and over again and enjoy every bit of it.I like Highwayman by Alfred Noyes as well but not much as the above mentioned. Why do so many people like Wordsworth's Daffodils? Everybody i know loves that poem. I don't.