The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Analytical Writing Assignment Draft: (More than 75% of Malawi live below the poverty line, and 98% of them do not have electricity in their daily lives. However, a youthful child from Malawi managed to go against all odds and build a windmill in his own backyard to create electricity for people in his town to utilize. In the memoir, William is a young boy with a great deal of potential stranded in a place with an absence of many facilities. Although William and his
The memoir The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is an eye opening story of how William Kamkwamba, at the age of 13, with very little education built a windmill out of parts that most people would call trash. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, follows Williams rise from famine to fame, from an elementary level education to graduating from college. William and his six sisters along with two parents were maize farmers that survived through a year long famine. William
moving forward,” meaning that doing something is always better than doing nothing. Having a positive and determined mindset is a characteristic of many remarkable men, women, and children, who went against the odds to live a better life. In author William Kamkwamba’s true story, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, he tells a coming of age story of growing up Wimbe, Africa, and his inventive journey to bringing power to his village from junkyard scraps. William’s courage and determination inspires the