The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba with Bryan Mealer This is a memoir from a young Malawian boy who created an electricity-generating wind turbine for his village. In addition to Kamkwamba's inventiveness and persistence, the book portrays some of the real issues connected with poverty, education and sustainable development. In a similar way, this paper will analyze Kairos (context), and rhetorical appeals that Kamkwamba employs in his the text; such an analysis would help bring to light not only ethos but also logos as seen in its ability to appeal logically, for example. Their motivations, potential biases and target audience will also be discussed in the same essay Born in 1987, William Kamkwamba lived through struggles simply to survive - he was born Malawian and as such already faced a host of issues growing up. …show more content…
After a 2007 TED Talk made Kamkwamba's story internationally known, he followed with the release of his memoir in 2009. Kamkwamba himself had help articulating his story to a larger readership: American journalist, Bryan Mealer. Kamkwamba's reasons for writing the book were two-fold. Most of all though, his goal is to inspire others in the same position as him – showing how resourceful thinking and a lot of willpower can make even the most unlikely things possible. Kamkwamba also uses his story to address issues of global poverty and takes readers on a powerful journey about the importance of accessing education, as well as affordable solutions for sustainable energy. Mealer's participation adds a veneer of journalistic respectability to the tale, and makes sure that it isn't merely an interesting story, but also true. Because of Mealer's commitment to covering conflict and development issues in Africa, this story was a perfect fit alongside the kind of stories he used to
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a New York Times bestselling novel that tells the story of William Kamkwamba and how he changed thousands of lives. Knowing he had no other choice, William searched eagerly for ways to save his small Malwiam village from drought. Going against all traditions and common beliefs, he looks to science books for answers. He is brutally mocked and bullied for his inventions until everything changes and he provides the power for the whole village. In this biography, multiple
with a more incredible story. William’s personality is the type that makes him persevere through the tough times in Malawi, which is a village located in Africa. William is also the type to work for what he wants. During the story, “ The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind “, William shows several times that if he wants something badly enough, he will be determined to get it. One last trait that William has is that he never wants to give up. The fact that he never wants to give up makes him determined to
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is an autobiography written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. William Kamkwamba is a young man born in Malawi with exemplary skills in building technology and helping his family and community. His responsibility increased as he accomplished projects that positively affected his community. After his inability to continue attending school because of the famine, William seeked out alternative ways of learning. From asking those who do attend school, or visiting
In the autobiography “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” the main character William Kamkwamba is divergent compared to everyone else in Malawi. William reads about windmills and falls in love with science. While the village calls him crazy, William is designing a way that his small village will be able to enjoy luxuries such as electricity and running water. William never once gave up, he accomplished just what he said he was going to do. He is beyond determined, Kamkwamba found every single piece to
In the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, a boy named William and his family struggle through challenges in their small village in Africa. They must face the reality of hunger and illnesses such as malaria and cholera. Although while all this is happening William has a bright mind and takes up an interest in science, but cannot go to school due to the fees. He begins to learn about how to build and re-wire certain electrical devices. With this in mind, William addresses the problem of not having
quite extreme, but to William it is just a part of his life. These habits were all ones that he created to achieve his goal of becoming a scientist. William Kamkwamba writes about his childhood, along with Bryan Mealer, in their book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. William Kamkwamba was born into a Malawian farming family, and from a young age William’s dream was to become a scientist. He was on the right track to becoming a scientist, going to school and doing well, but his academic plans were put
Throughout, this essay will discuss the paintings of John Constable (The Cornfield), Caspar David Freidrich (Morning in Reisenbirge) and J.M.W Turner (Rain, Steam and Speed) which examplify particular social politics and ideologies of the time, and also how the depiction and vocabulary or visual strategies of landscape have been harnessed by the above mentioned artworks to convey the perspectives, beliefs, ideologies, and politics at that given time. Landscape can be defined in many ways. The English
box features illuminating aspect of the business . During the 1920s, and 1930s the Hollywood film studios undertook a ... ... middle of paper ... ... (1936). In the late 30s, two beloved films, The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Gone with the Wind (1939), were expensively produced with Technicolor - what would the Wizard of Oz (with ruby slippers and a yellow brick road) be without color? And the trend would continue into the next decade in classic MGM musicals such as Meet Me in St. Louis