Select ONE SCENE and discuss how the music influences the emotional response of the audience.

Consider the montage of Mr. Keating on the soccer field with the kids. With the song Ode to Joy, the boys all pick up their much-loved teacher under a crisp orange sunset of a fall evening in Vermont. The reds and oranges with fall colors are splendid. The song gives a classical almost victorious sense to growing up and the intimacy between the boys and their teacher.