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Dead Poets Society I would say Neil and Todd are each others opposites. Neil has lots of self-esteem, good grades and (too say the least) caring parents. Todd suffers from lack of self-esteem; his worst fear is to embarrass himself. He can’t even read something aloud for the class! Todd also suffers from bad relations with his parents (he feels unloved and unwanted, living in the shadows of his successful brother), it’s like they don’t even know he exists. (Todd got the same “useless” gift two years in a row, a desk set). However, things start to get a bit better when Mr Keating is assigned as the new English teacher. At first Todd hates Keating more than anything; he is forcing Todd do “embarrassing things” like writing poems and reading texts for the class. However, after a few Dead Poets