In his memoir The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, William Kamkwamba exemplifies the ways in which the virtues of hope and resilience shape each other in the form of what Dr. Michael Karlberg call a constructively resilient response to a seemingly hopeless situation. What societal forces was Kamkwamba up against and how did he utilize a framework of constructive resilience to navigate around them toward his goals of becoming an electrical and mechanical engineer?

Will also need a works cited page with at least three other academically oriented sources that help further support your understanding of the cultural, political, and geographic contexts of
the book, and at least one of these three other sources must be another peer reviewed academic journal article.

CONTEXT
In his memoir The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, William Kamkwamba exemplifies the ways in which the virtues of hope and resilience shape each other in the form of what Dr. Michael Karlberg call a constructively resilient response to a seemingly hopeless situation. What societal forces was Kamkwamba
up against and how did he utilize a framework of constructive resilience to navigate around them toward
his goals of becoming an electrical and mechanical engineer?

PROMPT
For this assignment, write a 2000-word-minimum essay examining the ways in which Dr. Michael
Karlbergs work on constructive resilience and other experts ideas in the field(s) of hope and resilience
can be used to understand the journey of William Kamkwamba as exemplified in his memoir The Boy
Who Harnessed the Wind. Youll need to find and utilize at least three other academically oriented
sources that help further support your understanding of the cultural, political, and geographic contexts of
the book, and at least one of these three other sources must be another peer reviewed academic journal
article. NOTE: Please refer to the Conducting Research screencast video for directions on finding sources.
STRUCTURE
In your introductory paragraph, give a synopsis of the novel and its relationship to the concept of
constructive resilience and end with your thesis statement. For your thesis, you may draw upon the
template in Essay 2s Instructions and there are elements of the context and prompt here that can be used
as well. Make an argument for how William Kamkwambas hopeful outlook on his situation and
circumstances and resilient actions helped him not only to survive, but also to strive for excellence in his
chosen field and succeed.
For each of your body paragraphs, begin with a topic sentence that connects some part of the memoir to a
specific piece of research that helps support claims about how Kamkwambas constructive resilience
helped him navigate that part of his story.
Finally, write a concluding paragraph (avoid the transitional expression In conclusion,) in which you
make one final unique point about the main points of research.

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