“Before I discovered the miracles of science, magic ruled the world.”(Kamkwamba pg. 3) With little to no money, many people who live in Africa live in poverty. Diseases spread easily, hunger is a problem, and limited supply of resources all are reasons why people are in poverty. Despite all these problems, there was still one man, who was self-motivated, resourceful and brave; William Kamkwamba.
William is a very self-motivated young man. As a child his family couldn't pay the annual school fees due to the fact that his family was very indigent. However, that didn´t stop William from getting an education. While all the other privileged kids were going to school to get an education, William would walk to the library everyday to check out books …show more content…
They don’t have all the glitz and glamour that we Americans have. William did apply this part of trait throughout the novel, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”. “Within a few meters, I entered the scrapyard and stopped. Behold! Now that I had an actual purpose and a plan, I realized how much bounty lay before me. There were so many things: old water pumps, tractor rims half the size of my body, filters, hoses, pipes, and plows.” (Kamkwamba pg. 165) While William was preparing to make his windmill he needed very critical parts in order to do so. Most of us would just have our parents go buy us the parts from the local convenience store. But, William didn’t have the privilege, so he had to spend hours at a time looking for every single part to construct his soon to be famous windmill. This all just comes to show how he uses his resource to build life-changing …show more content…
To be brave means that you show courage. “People were also saying this nonsense about my windmill: “You better be careful or ESCOM power will come arrest you. “Let them come arrest me,” I'd say. “It would be an honor.” ” If the first people to experiment with great inventions such as radios, generators, or airplanes had been afraid of being arrested, we'd never be enjoying those things today.” (Kamkwamba pg.227 ) William was brave enough to say that the ESCOM could arrest him since he was messing with frequencies in the radio. It takes a lot of courage to say that it's okay if you get
William is a very self-motivated young man. As a child his family couldn't pay the annual school fees due to the fact that his family was very indigent. However, that didn´t stop William from getting an education. While all the other privileged kids were going to school to get an education, William would walk to the library everyday to check out books …show more content…
They don’t have all the glitz and glamour that we Americans have. William did apply this part of trait throughout the novel, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”. “Within a few meters, I entered the scrapyard and stopped. Behold! Now that I had an actual purpose and a plan, I realized how much bounty lay before me. There were so many things: old water pumps, tractor rims half the size of my body, filters, hoses, pipes, and plows.” (Kamkwamba pg. 165) While William was preparing to make his windmill he needed very critical parts in order to do so. Most of us would just have our parents go buy us the parts from the local convenience store. But, William didn’t have the privilege, so he had to spend hours at a time looking for every single part to construct his soon to be famous windmill. This all just comes to show how he uses his resource to build life-changing …show more content…
To be brave means that you show courage. “People were also saying this nonsense about my windmill: “You better be careful or ESCOM power will come arrest you. “Let them come arrest me,” I'd say. “It would be an honor.” ” If the first people to experiment with great inventions such as radios, generators, or airplanes had been afraid of being arrested, we'd never be enjoying those things today.” (Kamkwamba pg.227 ) William was brave enough to say that the ESCOM could arrest him since he was messing with frequencies in the radio. It takes a lot of courage to say that it's okay if you get