The setting in any story is crucial when conveying the
over-all tone and message. Such is definitely true when comparing the Welton
Academy and Garfield High School in the movies “Dead Poets Society” and “Stand
and Deliver.”
Aesthetically speaking, Welton Academy is pleasing to the
eye. Set in the posh mountains of Vermont, the architecture, framed by the
beautiful landscape, offers an inviting and comfortable environment conducive to
both a living and an educational experience.
One understands, immediately, the level of expectations of the residence
and the students that frequent the school and it is evident that pride, commitment
and an expectation to succeed wafts from every aspect of the location.
In stark contrast to Welton Academy, Garfield High-School in
East Los Angeles is dark, dirty and notably ‘shady,’ not just in physicality,
but in character and resident. One immediately understands the level of
expectation is that of ‘survival’ and not in the enrichment of the over-all
academic experience. Comfort, physically, emotionally and mentally, eludes the
students, faculty and community therefor stress becomes a companion that
inhibits the over-all growth of the local participants. Therefore the location
is not conducive to a proper, supportive and nurturing experience.
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