One example of this is seen in the book a separate peace by john knowles and the 1989 movie dead poets society. Well, even though tartt’s book takes place at a college and a murder occurs (and in dps it’s a prep school and suicide), both film and novel have this haunting quality, where a place that should be a sanctuary is actually just an extension of the real (cruel, indifferent) world. 17 Movies Starring Books Dead Poets Society Book Dead Poets Dead Poets Society A movie there are many differences. Dead poets society book vs movie . Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative vermont boarding school welton academy, it tells the story of an english teacher who. Comparative essay there are many similarities and parallel ideas between the movie dead poets society and the novel a separate peace. Love every single word of this part! But, more important, for the extraordinary cast. The script was then novelized by kleinbaum, although the novel was published a few months b...