The movie Dead Poets Society and the book A Separate Peace, used characterization to prove how teenagers or people should not descend due to great pressure but enjoy your life to the fullest. In the movie, Neil Perry’s father had been extremely strict and harsh towards his own son; therefore, Neil commited suicide because of the great pressure that his father gave him. Mr. Keating was Neil’s literature teacher, he taught his students how to enjoy their life through the learning of poetry. In fact, he influenced Neil’s thinking about his father too. “For the first time in my whole life, I know what I wanna do! And for the first time, I'm gonna do it! Whether my father wants me to or not! Carpe diem!”(Perry). In other words, the character Neil
