Dead Poet's Society: 3 Quentions

I think Neil would have committed suicide if Mr. Keating wouldn't have come into his life.  I just think Mr. Keating slowed down the process.  I don't even think Neil would have thought about acting if Keating had ever come into his life. I think Todd was the bravest of the boys because he let others, Mr. Keating and Neil, help him come out of his shell. At the end of the movie, you see him progress. He was also the first person to stand up for Keating when he was leaving which takes a lot of bravery. I think Neil was a coward because he could have found another way out of his situation.  Suicide wasn't a necessary option. I think Keating would have put the book in Neil's room because Keating wasn't someone who went with the crowd so I don't think he would have cared what administration thought. He also was the one who encouraged the boys to look at poetry in a different way, so maybe he wanted to show Neil that there was another way to look at the situation.