Theme

 The major theme or "point" of The Dead Poet Society was to help not only students but people in general to understand that there is more to life than conforming to a perfect image someone has laid out for you. These boys start out as nothing more than robots caused by the constant pressures of parents, their school work, teachers etc.. Mr. Keating allowed the boys to be their selves and have a little fun in the process. In Keatings eyes, people should "suck the marrow out of life" and "seize the day". Eventually Keating is able to make a difference in each life he comes in contact with , shaping and molding each of these boys into their own individual person. Almost each student in Keatings class by the end of the film faces some form of an obstacle and in tern faces their deepest fears. So in the words of Mr. John Keating , Seize The Day students! You never know who will follow in your steps.