William Kamkwamba

traits do all good leaders have in common? William Kamkwamba had the qualities of an aspiring learner and leader that showed true potential in changing his home into something considered unbelievable to the fellow natives that hoped something would come along to save their lives, never knowing that the answer was in front of them. His strong will, eagerness to learn, and optimism motivated him to become someone who has been looked up to by all ages. From the beginning of the novel, William didn’t let the famine affect his strong will to help his people and family. He used his hunger for food and turned it into a hunger for knowledge and hope. He was made fun of for wanting to create something, but only using scrap parts, and he was often…

“I tried, and I did it.” - William Kamkwamba. William grew up in Malawi, Africa, and was born in 1987. He grew up with two sisters and at one point had a dog named Khamba. William is a 29 year old man now, but when he built his first windmill to produce electricity and irrigation for crops, he was fourteen. The book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is written by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba which is a memoir is about one of the two authors, William. William Kamkwamba deals with a famine,…

William Kamkwamba once said “If you want something, all you have to do is try.” William wanted to build a windmill so that he could create electricity and pump water, but that was not all his achievement. William left a legacy as The Wind Harnesser because he used what he had to save his country. William Kamkwamba changed the world as a boy architect who built a windmill to not only defeat starvation in Malawi, but to improve everyday life by providing the whole town with electricity. When…

the way for others to generate progress in society in difficult times, such as the drought- and hunger-stricken Malawi. One such Malawian innovator is William Kamkwamba, who, with only supplies available in his small rural village and a book in his local library called Using Energy, Kamkwamba was able to build a windmill which powered 4 lights and 2 radios in his home. He experimented with different ways he could use power to better his community, including cell phone charging setups, even…

“Before I discovered the miracles of science, magic ruled the world.” (Kamkwamba 1). Magic took over the world that William Kamkwamba knew growing up in the early 2000’s in Malawi. He heard many stories from his father about magic and how it influenced his life. Magic was almost used in the way people use religion, to explain the supernatural of the everyday. In the very beginning of the book, William is given a bag of bubble gum, not knowing the bag had been stolen. After finding out the bag of…

William Kamkwamba from “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” is quite the peculiar child. Even though he lives in a very poor city and country he is still curious enough to learn about electricity, intelligent enough to understand it’s concepts and determined to harness it himself. Throughout the book William shows many examples of how these traits defined him. Without these traits, Williams journey to becoming a successful engineer would’ve never started. The trait that began Williams journey was…

Themes William Golding and William Kamkwamba present a few themes in their books, each differing a little from the other. In Lord of the Flies. William Golding uses the theme that humans can resort back to their sinful instincts. Details that support this theme are “Roger who carried death in his hands”(196) and “Viciously, with full intent, he (Jack) hurled his spear at Ralph”(181) This shows you that Roger, who was once an innocent boy, is now a killer. Also that Jack starts violently…

In Death of a Salesman by, Arthur Miller, Willy has a desire to be a good father to his son were his dad was not. Willy believes that if he can instill the correct values into Biff so he can be like himself or more successful. The problem Willy is confronted with is that he cares too much as if he is trying to emulate his life in Biffs. Compared to Willy Charley takes a position of hands off while still teaching Bernard to be a good student and by working hard because it will pay dividends later…

knowing what celebrities went through to get there. With that being said, what do you value most in life? Is it the little things that can be by the past or the important things? In life people tend to put so much value on the little things. For example, like William Carlos Williams hold his red wheelbarrow to so much standards. He feels as though so much depends upon it. When we focus on the little things, we tend to get side-tracked as William Carlos Williams shows in his “Red Wheel” poem and…

simple man was William Carlos Williams. He was born in America as a Puerto Rican-American who then with hard work and determination became a well-practiced doctor. He however is better known for his works of poetry that challenged the traditional way of writing poetry. In Williams’s book of poetry, The Wedge, is prefaced by an introduction that introduces his readers to his controversial ideas concerning poetry and what it should represent in today’s modern times. He wants his readers to break…