Mr. Keating preaches to his students that they are young and should do what they want. He tells them to "seize the day" because one day they will reflect on their lives and he wants them to be satisfied with their accomplishments. This motivates the students to reintroduce an old literacy club, the Dead Poets Society. One of his students, Neil Perry, takes this lesson to heart. He auditions for one of the school plays, which is extremely disapproved of by his uncompromising father. Following the punishment his father inflicts on him, Neil commits suicide. Neil's death creates substantial distress for the class and faculty at Welton. Unfortunately due to his unorthodox teaching methods, Keating is blamed and decides to let him go. However, at the end of the film we see the impact Keating left on his students as he gathers his things and moves on leaving many of his former students standing on the desk and waving at him by saying "Oh Captain, my