Do you think Reynolds’ story about Mr. Williams and the fish really happened or did Reynolds invent the story to support his larger point? Give a piece of evidence to support that it is true and give another piece of evidence to support that it might be fiction.

I believe the story about Mr. Williams and the fish was created by Reynolds to support the theme of his speech.

Explanation:

The story about Mr. Williams and the fish carries an important message, which relates entirely to the main theme of Reynolds' speech. The moral of this story is that we must be able to make sacrifices and bear the consequences of our actions, even when we are right.

Although it is inspiring to present a teacher who shows this type of thinking to the students he has, I think it is unlikely that a teacher would go so far as to teach this with the suspension of two students who saved a live fish, I believe that this story has a lot of philosophy and subjectivity to have happened in real life.