Theme Of Nonconformity

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There were many similarities between the Dead Poets’ Society and The Catcher in the Rye. Similarities were in the characters, setting, and theme.

Similarities in the characters were between Mr. Keating and Holden Caulfield. These characters were similar because of their common belief of nonconformity. Mr. Keating went against the guidelines of Welton Academy and taught his students to follow their dreams no matter the cost. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden flunked all of his subjects in school and didn’t want to conform to the phonies of society. He followed a practice of nonconformity by not following the rules of his academy (Pencey Prep).

The settings were very similar in both stories. For example; in the Dead Poets’ Society, the story takes place at Welton Academy. In The Catcher in the Rye, the story takes place at Pencey Prep. Both schools took place at an all-boys academy. …show more content…
In the Dead Poets’ Society, the theme is that you do not always have to follow the rules. Sometimes you have to get another perspective on a subject. In The Catcher in the Rye, the theme is about not conforming to the society around us. Both themes are about

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