The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Summary

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The story, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, was written by William Kamkwamba, with help from Bryan Mealer. This book is mostly known, or could be argued as a Memoir, as it details specific accounts of William’s life. This story is written in the place of Malawi, a small nation in southeastern Africa. It takes place around the year 2000, during one of the worst famines in the area. This story is mainly about the beginnings, upcommings, and William and his family through that difficult time. Also by how he was able to produce electricity with his homemade Windmill. In the beginning of the story, William takes us back to when he, and his family were all of younger age, to bring us a little backstory to what would become the harsh times for them. One loss for them happened in Chapter 3, page 49, when William, his dad, and his …show more content…

William started construction on the Windmill after the second time dropping out from school, because again, did not have the means to pay the school fees. The weeks prior to dropping out, William tried to go to school for free, which means he couldn’t get caught going into the school, as it says on chapter 10, pg 180, “ But instead of going home to ask my father for more money, for the next two weeks, i tried going to school for free.” William said. After he finally got kicked out of school, he started to read a book about electricity. He got inspired and started his own Windmill. He needed many parts to build it, such as; Tractor Fan, Shock Absorber, Bicycle frame, PVC pipe, PVC blades, Bicycle Dynamo. Most of these were found in the Scrapyard. After a while, and very much hard work, William finally complete his project of everyone around him were very surprised. His family and the village finally had power for the first time, and life there could be better now that they had

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