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The Boy Who Harnessed Wind Character Traits

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The two traits that I think will best represent William in The boy who harnessed Wind are that he is very curious in what he does and what he will be looking forward to do in the future. Another personality feature William has, is that he smart, he uses his options very smartly to eventually be able to build his windmill. So in the next three paragraphs I will be explaining in depth Williams Traits and specifics. To start off with the first trait of William is that he is Curious and looks deeper into simple situations like how a regular radio works, and how it charges, and how it plays its music from all the way in America if there are in Malawi. For an example about The boy who Harnessed Wind, William in chapter three Called “DIscovering …show more content…

For example William’s family can’t afford for William to pay off his school’s semester debt so he insisted that his dad would sell their tobacco crop to make some money for William, Williams dad sold some to farmers around the village just for money but he also sold the tobacco crop to subsequently pay off his student debt with his school. After they couldn’t pay off the debt William provided a plan to his father that he will sneak in with the body of students after they are getting released from the school’s roll call. William learned to time it perfectly that he could walk in without being noticed. In chapter 10 William Kamkwamba was able to sneak into the classroom one last time before he was caught by Headmaster Phiri, Headmaster Phirikicks William out of the school for good and then William shows up to his house to cry and complain to his dad that he was caught and can’t go to school anymore, at least until the debts are paid off. “I had to calculate my movements carefully. On Mondays and Fridays, Mister Phiri held assembly in the same classroom. There he had read aloud the names of students who had already paid of their fees, telling them to “go to class straightaway”. The student who were still seated had to show a receipt, or else stand up and leave.” [William Kamkwamba in The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. Page 166-167.] In

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