Read the excerpt from the boy who harnessed the wind
by william kamkwamba,
what do the details in the excerpt reveal about
kamkwamba?
i didn't have a drill, so i had to make my own. first i heated a
long nail in the fire, then drove it through a half a maize cob,
creating a handle. i placed the nail back on the coals until it
became red hot, then used it to bore holes into both sets of
plastic blades. i then wired them together. i didn't have any
pliers, so i used two bicycle spokes to bend and tighten the
wires on the blades.
he is inventive and resourceful,
he disregards others' property,
he is irresponsible and reckless,
he is careful when using tools,