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William Kamkwamba William Kamkwamba was a protagonist who had the dream to build a windmill that powered his house. William then set his mind to do that. After William was kicked out of school for not being up to date with his fines, set out and started to build a windmill. In no time at all William had built “Electric Wind” out of old parts such as: a broken bicycle, tractor fan blade, an old shock absorber, and blue gum trees. William was able to build this because he is confident, patient, and smart. These are the traits that William has. William has the ability to make his dreams come true because he is confidant. If he wasn’t confident then he wouldn’t have been able to make his windmill. William was always confident that his idea would be a success When William had discovered the circuits in radios he wanted to discover how they worked.So he tried a dynamo on it. “This time when I pedaled, the light flickered on… Mister Geoffrey, my experiment shows that the dynamo and the bulb are both working properly,I said, so why doesn’t the radio play?”(Kamkwamba,80) This shows that he keeps trying until the …show more content…

If he was not patient then he would not have been able to build the windmill. William had to take the time to learn about electricity so that he was able to connect the dynamo to the windmill. “The first thing I needed to do was connect the blades to the tractor fan, so I went to the kitchen and prepared my drill. I took the long nail with a maize-cob handle and stuck it into the embers of the fire. Once it was glowing red, I used it to bore four holes in the top of each plastic blade, then two more holes down the center. This process of heating, melting, and reheating took nearly three hours. This process of heating, melting, and reheating took nearly three hours”(Kamkwamba,194). If William was not patient then the fan blade would not have been done correctly. This shows that William is

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