The dangers of non conformity in relation to the dead poets society

         In a room full of people clad in black a women in white would surely stand out.  such an act is regarded with certain terror in the eyes of most.  Going against the grain may spark a fire .  The members of the dead poet society learned how hot such a fire can burn.  Conformity such as that seen in the film is a perimeter in which the 'ruling power' feels comfortable. Non conformist often become leaders though most rise up from the 'under rule' population.  Neil was such an individual he rose up and followed his passion against the school and the patriarch of his household.    Rising up against what others believe in is a dangerous ambition and sadly often a deadly one.  The private school Neil attended was extremely uniform, from the students matching attire to the almost identical teaching styles of their professors.  Acting out was simply not done in such a school.  When 'Nuanda' acted out he was punished. Corporeally. Such was the punishment for speaking against the authority. 
        Neils burns from the fire were more severe.  Neils passion was that of acting,  a passion that was seen as pointless as a frivolous endeavor.  Neil saw the first spark when his father demanded that Neil cease acting and quit the play.  Well, the heart wants what the heart wants and Neils heart sung with passion and beat wit the rhythm of the stage.  He told his father of his passion and was told that he was to be promptly enrolled into a military academy to become a doctor, to become what his father wanted of him, part of the conformity of the world.  Neil lost much that night when his father plucked him out of school.  Neil had lost that which was him for it was not what the conformist of the world wanted him to be it was not a common shade of gray but a vibrant blue.  When the new English teacher burst forth upon the scene he was a vivid spot of colour amongst the uniform gray staff.  In the end this is why the 'captain' was picked as a scape goat.  the world tends to look upon non conformist and say they are not one of us, and therefore are not as good, conformity is comfortable and safe whereas non conformity is earth shaking, new, eye opening, and to those black and white conformist terrifying.  Those in the school did not see the beauty of non conformity only that it was different and not what they new. When we get stuck in a rut of uniformity we shun that which is new and brilliant.  Such an act ended with a visionary of a man sacked and a promising adolescent dead.  Such is the danger of non conformity in a place of uniformity.