Arts & Culture
A ‘Dead Poets Society’ Fall: An Ode to Change
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Let’s set the stage: it’s early September. The year is 2023. I’m entering my senior year of high school in a week and I have a plan: I am going to start my college apps early (I did not), I am going to decorate my room (again, unsuccessful), and I am going to figure out what I want to do for the rest of my life (unfortunately, another failure — this one, however, led to some important self realizations). In a way, I could not have chosen a better time to watch Dead Poets Society: it was fall, a transitional period into my last year at boarding school and the first time I’d ever have to meaningfully grapple with the question of what comes next. It’s now 2024 and fall started a week and a half ago.