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No, I'm not saying what I would have done to help Neil, I'm simply saying what I would have done if I were him. I know very well that Keating never told Neil to cheat but try to talk to his father. I know suicides do happen and it's a fact of life depending on who is strong enough to defy oppression and yes, Neil was tormented by his father (let alone helped by his mother) but yes he did have a choice not to kill himself even if his father was driving him to do so and he could have been brave enough not to take his life and instead changed his view and still lived out his dreams despite his parents' actions.

It may be the case, but it also might be implied (though it can't be said for sure and my statement's theoretical only), that Neil's father mostly saw his son as an object through which to live out the dreams and opportunities that he never had and thus was not going to let his son waste what his father could not have. If Neil's father (and mother) was devastated at his son's loss, then he would have taken some kind of responsibility for his son's death such as either confessing publicly that he drove his son to take his life. It's unknown whether or not he (or his wife) would have been arrested but if they really loved their son, then they should have understood that they were using their love for him in the wrong way and were not seeing his point of view in doing what he wanted to do and if that were the case Neil would not have died but yes, he did have a choice not to and despite what people say, he was too afraid to talk to his parents and explained how he felt so if he felt brave enough to having the experience of been on stage like he wanted (to be), he mustn't have felt like his life was over because his family was not allowing him to do what he wanted and bravely lived how he wanted to live, not according to what his father (and mother) wanted