The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

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Key moments in different stories can have huge impacts on the story's outcomes. A whole lot of stories have moments of truth. Moments of truth are a part of the story that change the outcome of the story. In the texts “The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind” by William Kamkwamba, and “The Tequila Worm" by Viola Canales, people experience moments of truth that change their lives. In “The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind” it demonstrates how one event can change everything. William experiences key moments throughout the story that have an effect on the whole story. Before the big cyclone hit Mawali, everything was fine with his wires connecting to the windmill making light. First, the thing that William did after the cyclone hit was check his wires and his lights in his room. …show more content…

I know this because the text says “After the chickens cleared out, I looked at the broken beam and saw that my wires had crossed during the collapse.”(217) As a result, William brainstorms a better plan for the lights because if the wires cross then they could catch fire.Then William starts to make a breaker box for his lights.So, He installs the breaker box to the wall and also a light switch. Ultimately, William did that so he wouldn’t catch his house on fire. However, if his house did catch on fire then they wouldn’t have a place to stay.Then they would have to find a new house or build a new one.So, then William wouldn’t be able to work on his windmill.Therefore, his windmill wouldn’t get better and he wouldn't have any improvements.Consequently, William should have made his wires more safe. In “The Tequila Worm” it demonstrates throughout the story how one event can change everything. Sofia has experienced key moments throughout the story that could make the story have a different outcome. Before Coach Clark asked Sofia to have lunch with her, she was afraid of eating her lunch and would hide her

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