1) In my opinion, I do not believe that Neil would have committed suicide had Mr. Keating not entered his life. Mr. Keating was the main influence in Neil's pursuit of acting, nonetheless, which is the first action in a long line of dominoes that ended with Neil's death. Nevertheless, had Neil not committed suicide, he would have most certainly lived a life of unhappiness and self-loathing.
2) As much as I hate what he did, I would have to say that Neil was the bravest of the students. He chose to end his life rather than to waste it in a profession that he had no interest in. This took a large amount of courage, especially because he was expected to follow his father's orders instead of rebelling against them. Richard was the boy who showed the most cowardice in his actions at the end of the film. He chose to abandon Mr. Keating in his time of need in order to keep himself out of trouble, and even encouraged the other students to do the same.
3) I think that Mr. Keating did place the poetry book in Neil's room so that Neil would be the young man to decide whether the Society should be resurrected. In regards to the administration, I feel that Mr. Keating trusted the young men to know exactly what they were getting themselves into and what the possible consequences were. He trusted his students to think for themselves and knew that it was their call on what they should do.
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