Scene One:
The Sweaty-toothed Madman Scene One:
The Sweaty-toothed Madman
Keating: Mr.
Andersen thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing,
isn't that right Todd, isn't that your worst fear? Well I think you're
wrong, I think you have something inside of you that is worth a great deal.
(Begins writing on blackboard.) I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops
of the world. W. W. Uncle Walt again. Now for those of you who don't know,
a yawp is a loud cry or yell. Now Todd, I would like you to give us a demonstration
of a barbaric yawp. Come on, you can't yawp sitting down, let's go on,
come on, up, gotta get in yawping stance.
Todd: A yawp?
Keating: No, not
just a yawp, a BARBARIC Yawp.
Todd: yawp
Keating: Come
on, louder.
Todd: Yawp.
Keating: Oh that's
a mouse, come on, louder.
Todd: Yawp.
Keating: Good
God boy, yell like a man.
Todd: YAWP!
Keating: There
it is. You see, you've got a barbarian in you after all. Now, you don't
get away that easy. A picture of Uncle Walt up there, what does he remind
you of, don't think, answer.
Todd: A madman.
Keating: What
kind of madman?
Todd: A crazy
madman.
Keating: No, you
can do better than that, free up your mind, use your imagination, say the
first thing that pops into your head, even if it's total gibberish, go
on, go on. 
Todd: A sweaty-toothed
madman.
Keating: Good
God boy, there's a poet in you after all. There, close your eyes, close
your eyes, close 'em, now describe what you see.
Todd: I close
my eyes,
Keating: Yes.
Todd: and this
image floats beside me.
Keating: A sweaty-toothed
madman.
Todd: A sweaty-toothed
madman with a stare that pounds my brain.
Keating: Oh that's
excellent, now give him an action, make him do something.
Todd: His hands
reach out and choke me,
Keating: That's
excellent, wonderful, wonderful.
Todd: and all
the time he's mumbling.
Keating: What's
he mumbling?
Todd:
Mumbling truth, truth like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.
[laughter]
Keating: Forget
them, forget them, stay with the blanket, tell me about the blanket.
Todd: You push
it, stretch it, it will never be enough, you kick at it, beat it, it will
never cover any of us. From the moment we enter crying to the moment we
leave dying, it will just cover your face, as you wail and cry and scream.
Keating:(whispers
to Todd) Don't you forget this.