Joseph Ehlers’s Reviews > The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope > Status Update

Ethos: So far he is very credible, as this book is about William Kamkwamba, and is written by William Kamkwamba.
Pathos: He has tugged at my heart strings, especially when he speaks about his early life and his families struggles, especially during the famine.
Logos: William uses the logic and reasoning based upon science to convince me, who knows very little, that he knows what he’s talking about.

He has begun to store the extra power the windmill generates, even after an fire almost broke out in his room, and is beginning to try and make a pump for their well so they can easily bring water out to their fields.

Another famine just started BUT the bad president has been replaced, so hopefully things go better now.

Just got to the part where he finally managed to get his windmill up and running, alongside all the changes he had to make after.

The famine just ended and he got crops in, feeding his family. He also began to do independent research, as his family still couldn't afford schooling, and discovered books on how to generate power from a windmill and other books.

Just got to where he just got kicked out of school because his family couldn't afford schooling thanks to the famine.

He got a dog after one of his uncles got laid off from a welding company and came to live with them. His uncle John also died, unfortunately.

It is a good book so far-- The storytelling is interesting and I like the details going over his childhood and his families backstory, especially his father.

I chose this book because it speaks about a boy's journey to harness the wind to help his village, I am doing my project on Alternative energy, and I can use the book as an example of why it's better (and cheaper) to use other sources of energy than fossil fuels.