I'm convinced that I'm that parallel universe Neil Perry who got to quit the toxic medical thing and was allowed to pursue his dreams after a long struggle. So basically the universe where Neil got a happy ending
a very real issue with keating that nobody seems to acknowledge is that what happened at welton will RUIN his resume and further affect, if not ruin, his future career opportunities. he's in welton SPECIFICALLY to teach kids how to appreciate life and seize the day and all that. thats an unbelievable amount of commitment AND money. plus, since this is a boarding school, keating is now not only without a source of income, but ALSO (likely) without a place to stay. ON TOP of being scrutinised by his community.
the ending of dps is incredibly bittersweet keating wise. yes, of course he is grateful that the poets stood up for him, and yes that was incredibly brave, but in the end it is still too little too late. he is still inevitability fired whether or not anyone stood on their desks.
im torn on whether or not keating would return to teaching, but i am leaning toward yes. both as an homage to neil, and as a way to remain true to his core values. HOWEVER, it will likely be a very long time before he's ready to return if he's given the opportunity. he's got a lot to process, grieve, and work through in a multitude of different areas before he's at all ready to be back in a classroom.
one of the biggest things he needs to come to terms with is the fact that neil's death was not his fault, despite everyone in a position of authority around him saying so. speaking from experience, greif can very often lead you to a place where you feel at fault for a lot of things, not exclusively the death itself. when a family member of mine passed away, it of course was not anything that i caused (she passed at 21 due to complications with chemo) and i knew that, but being left alone to process something as catastrophic as death can very easily give you a chance to find some way to be "at fault". me personally, i blamed myself for not making an effort to talk to her. i can only assume keating feels the same way, constantly hoping he was able to reach neil in a more effective way. keating is extremely intelligent emotionally, yes, but even the most sound of mind people can draw rash conclusions in a situation like this.
touching more on keating's emotional intelligence, i think the true extent of it very often get overlooked. we see the most obvious examples with todd, accurately calling him out in front of the class and using that to motivate him, but he is very aware with the rest of the boys as well. in neil's case, it's made apparent that keating did know neil was lying about talking to his father, it's up to your interpretation as to when he realises it though. personally i think he was able to tell immediately during his second conversation with neil, but ive seen others say he didnt realise until after the play. anyway, delving into theory territory, i think his extreme emotional intelligence made it obvious to keating that neil thought of him as some sort of father figure, whether neil knew it or not. there's no argument that he knew he had a responsibility for all of the boys, but neil was particularly vulnerable due to his relationship with his father. that knowledge only adds to the guilt he feels about neil.
all of these things combined will DRASTICALLY change the way he goes about teaching any future classes. not fundamentally, i highly doubt that he'll abandon his alternative lesson style. but i think he'll make a big change from a more flippant, carefree approach (take that lightly, i find his lessons to be incredibly well thought out, but more in the moment than anything) to a much, MUCH more methodical one. he'd take extra time to think over both how to take risks in a SAFE way, as well as how each lesson can be interpreted by someone in ANY mental situation. now, this isnt to say any of his lessons shown in the movie fail to do either of those things, i think they pass with flying colours, but this is from the perspective of a guilty feeling keating. his spark will DEFINITELY not go away, in fact i think the time he takes in those areas will not only make him an even more incredible teacher, but will make him far more approachable to a student. (even more so than he already is)
all of that without even mentioning the fact that he was written to have terminal cancer originally, which is a whole different layer in itself. there is so, so much to be said about keating, so if there's anything else you want to add or want me to add then feel free to do so/ ask about. i love love love all the poets so much, but i think we all need to show some of that love to keating too!!
When John Greene said, "It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you" but Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote, "Tune diya hai jo woh dard hi sahi, tujhse mila hai toh inaam hai mera"
When Casey McQuiston said, 'love has a way of growing backward. You fall in love with a person in the present, and then every person you've ever been gets to fall in love with every past version of them'. And Taylor Swift said, 'Your past and mine are parallel lines, stars all aligned and they intertwined.'
When Ahmed Faraz said, 'Maana ke muhabbat ka chhupaana hai muhabbat, chupke se kisi roz jataane ke liye aa, aa phir se mujhe chhod ke jaane ke liye aa', and Prince Henry said, 'Should I tell you that when we're apart, your body comes back to me in dreams? That when I sleep, I see you, it feels like I've just been with you, the phantom touch of your hand on the back of my neck fresh and not imagined. That I can feel your skin against mine, and it makes evey bone in my body ache.'
And when Kishore Kumar said,‘Mujhe dor koi kheenche, teri ore liye jaye’, and Alex said,‘It's like there's a rope attached to my chest and it keeps pulling me towards you’.
When Ahmed Faraz said, 'Maana ke muhabbat ka chhupaana hai muhabbat, chupke se kisi roz jataane ke liye aa, aa phir se mujhe chhod ke jaane ke liye aa', and Prince Henry said, 'Should I tell you that when we're apart, your body comes back to me in dreams? That when I sleep, I see you, it feels like I've just been with you, the phantom touch of your hand on the back of my neck fresh and not imagined. That I can feel your skin against mine, and it makes evey bone in my body ache.'
Evening has been the favourite part of my day since i was a kid. It's that precious moment which allows us to pause for a little and head back home. It's that time when everyone's relaxed with no worries of what's gonna happen next. It's that time when you can sit back silently and just watch the humans being humans in the most serene ways. You can feel the love as the sun melts down in the half orange half purple sky and let the moon begin his inherent romance with the dark sky.
Gifting someone a book is very personal to me, like I read this book and thought of you. I read this book and thought that maybe you will love these characters as much as I love them,that you will open you arms and hug them tightly and protect them at every cost. That maybe this quote will find a home in you and you will find a home in it. I gifted it to you because I thought even when someday we'll drift apart a part of me will be forever with you and a part of you will stay with me. We are bound by story and people that will be same even after thousands of years.
When Gulzar said, "tumse milna purani dilli mein, teri meri kahani dilli me", Irshad Kamil said, " tu na badli main na badla, dilli saari dekh badal gayi" and Prasoon Joshi said, "Yeh dilli hai mere yaar, bass ishq, mohabbat, pyar".
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