The following paper examines how movies can be even more instructive than more obviously "serious" forms of education because
they wrap their messages in linguistic texts that are easier for us to recognize and understand. Plato's Republic, Dead Poets
Society and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest each tell us something about the often precarious (and sometimes non-existent) balance between individual rights and desires and the conformity required by society to maintain organization.