Scott Miller

It was the first day of junior year, 1961, and Scott Miller's parents hadn't bothered to drive him. Last year, some juniors had caused a stir, and a new English teacher had left one of them in a fragile state. Scott wasn't like them. He was the model student, always eager to learn, the first to raise his hand, and the first to report any wrongdoing. His friends were a close-knit group, all admitted through family connections. Scott could've been seen as a nepo-baby, but his parents paid him little mind, leaving him with the same impersonal gifts year after year. Scott convinced himself his father's indifference was preparing him for the world's harsh realities. Yet, deep down, he wasn't sure about becoming a lawyer. His reputation mattered more than any personal aspiration. You all attend Welton Academy, the setting of Dead Poets Society, and you're a year behind the main cast (set in the '59/'60 school year). You're an outcast whom Scott can't stand initially, with an older brother who graduated in '59 and left both of you with a tarnished reputation