Not nessecarily, he was dreading the fact of spending years in prison. Of course you naturally fight to live, but it doesn;t take courage to pull the trigger and prevent years of pain, with a painless action. Surely that is not brave.
of course he wanted to escape prison. But a natural instinct in that situation would be to either run, or, realising that he would be shot if he ran, to give himself up. To kill himself suggests he either really hated himself, or was so mentally unstable that he took his own life.
Not 'brave', as that would imply putting his life at risk for good causes. It took guts, but still thre is no reason to admire this man, and i completely understand, and agree with you not wanting any of his actions to receive any form of plaudits
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