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limited definition. For me, tradition is the respect for the past. It's important for everyone, but
you shouldn't stay in the past - look forward to the future.
The second pillar, "honour", is defined as fulfilment of duty. For Welton it's clear - be good,
do everything you should and you'll get a lot of honour. But that's again a very insufficient
definition. I think that honour has something to do with respect. And how can you respect
people who only obey and don't think about what they are doing.
The third pillar is the respect for school. For Welton that respect means discipline. But
discipline is not respect for someone, it's control, self-control. But discipline doesn't always
come from within. Only a small part does that - you only show discipline from within for
things you want to do and not for things other persons expect you to do. But especially at
Welton discipline doesn't come from within: the boys have to obey or they'll be punished that means that discipline often comes from outside.
The fourth pillar is very important for Welton. They expect the students to be excellent. That
means to be perfect - but nobody can perfect.
Finally, we see that the definitions of the pillars can't be taken into real life. Those definitions
are only valid for Welton Academy.
Comment on a quotation from the novel:
Steven Meeks: "Well, welcome to `Hellton'. "
In this scene Meeks is talking to Todd Anderson. Todd has a heavy burden on his shoulders.
His brother Jeff was a very successful student at Welton Academy and so everybody expects
Todd to be the best - like his well-known brother. But Todd isn't such a good pupil, he even
had to pull up his marks at Balincrest before going to Welton. It's a high pressure on him,
there are high expectations - not only from parents' side, but also from the teachers. Steven
Meeks knows about this and makes a word-joke of it: For Todd, his time at Welton will
probably be like in hell - so he's at "Hellton".
Characterisation of Mr. Keating with special attention on the expressions "Carpe diem/
Seize the day" and "hoi polloi/ the herd"
Mr. Keating is the new English teacher, but he isn't the "normal" Welton Academy-teacher at
all.
At the welcoming ceremony one father, Mr. Perry, is suspicious as he sees him. Mr. Perry
thinks that Mr. Keating, a young teacher, isn't very fond of the Welton tradition and that he