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Analysis. William starts to put his windmill together, arranging everything on the ground outside his kitchen where there is both shade and a good steady breeze. He uses his maize-cob drill to bore holes in the tractor fan and attach his plastic blades using beer bottle caps for washers and bamboo sticks for reinforcement.
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Banda put harsh restrictions on everyday life in Malawi, but...
- Chapter 12
William needs a step-up transformer to create more energy...
- Epilogue
In June 2008, William travels to Cape Town, South Africa and...
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William wires up a system of lights into his house and even...
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Summary: Chapter Eleven. William assembles the moving parts of the windmill and places it on top of a pole to test it. The span of the blades is nearly eight feet. When attached to William’s father’s radio, the windmill produces so much current that black smoke comes out of the radio. William researches transformers and dissipation in ...
Summary. Analysis. During the famine, most students stopped going to school, but the arrival of dowe and pumpkins means that the village has enough energy to resume classes. Sadly, William still cannot afford the school fees and spends his days playing games in the trading center instead of in class. Missing the mental stimulation, William ...
The Windmill. Built exclusively from recycled materials, William ’s windmill represents the triumph of human invention in the face of poverty and starvation. It is a testament to William’s personal aptitude for science, built from his independent study of physics textbooks rather than a formal school education.
Analysis: Chapter Fifteen & Epilogue. At the book’s conclusion, William’s innovative spirit is fully validated. All the hard work William put into building his windmill and helping his community pays off with international travel and schooling. Despite his nervousness in front of the TED crowd, William has already proven his worth as an ...
Overview. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope is the 2009 autobiography of William Kamkwamba written with Bryan Mealer. For William, growing up in Malawi posed unique challenges but also fueled his innovative spirit to create a windmill to bring electricity to his village. William’s functioning windmill ...
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Analysis. As William looks to improve his initial windmill design, the explanatory quality to his language increases. At this point, the book becomes an explanation of William's thorough understanding of electricity and how he managed to pull off such a feat of innovation. For example, in the first few paragraphs, he describes a "step-up ...