Instead of laughing at poverty, we should fear it. Because poverty will have too many sequelae . Such as laziness, and violence, and even death. But the most terrifying aftermath of poverty is shortsightedness. Short-sightedness increases the odds of a cycle of poverty, perpetuating a vicious cycle that stifles more hope and lives. Changing the situation of poverty is difficult, but not entirely impossible. Netflix's new film "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) tells the story of a boy struggling in poverty, through his own persistence and wisdom, "grabbing" the legendary experience of changing his life.
"God is like the wind, touches everything"! This is the concluding remark at the end of the film. It does not want to prove the miracles brought about by miracles, but to illustrate that even under extreme circumstances, human beings still have the opportunity to change themselves through wisdom and will.
For example, the light and heat that nature produces, and the wind whistling across the plains. For air or wind, in fact, everyone can get it fairly, but how to transform them requires some wisdom. In 2001, the Republic of Malawi, Africa. The boy Kankuamba was born in an ordinary peasant family. After the accumulation of his parents, he finally had the possibility of reading.
If he can still maintain a good harvest this year, he can read it happily. His father had already paid him the first installment of tuition, and promised him that he would pay the rest of the semester immediately after a bumper harvest.
The elder sister is an adult and is applying for college, and the younger brother is growing up healthy in the baby. The whole family is friendly and thriving.
Unfortunately, the power of nature is so powerful that as long as there is a slight disturbance, it will immediately produce a fatal blow.
The long rain was followed by persistent high temperature, which not only affected the planting, but also brought great difficulties to the subsequent growth of the banker.
The earth is cracked and everything is withered.
Kankuamba's life began to crumble, and the family was on the verge of falling apart. Poverty shows its fangs at this time , devours the whole country, and the destiny of individuals begins to take a different path.
Shortsightedness begins to gradually obscure people's rationality, and they are willing to sacrifice the future in exchange for a short-term stable present. Tobacco companies took advantage of the fire, getting farmers to sell their land at low prices and buying up trees to protect villages from flooding.
Tobacco companies need land to grow tobacco, and these trees are the best cheap fuel for flue-cured tobacco. Seeing that the harvest was hopeless, the villagers signed sales contracts with tobacco companies one by one. They gave up their land and left their homes. They looked at the government's relief to prevent a cannibalistic famine.
But the world economy is down, the pressure on the government to repay foreign debts has risen sharply, and the election is approaching, politicians are trying to protect themselves, and they are not willing to show their courage to save the people. The chief who spoke for the villagers was privately threatened, beaten and killed by politicians. There were riots in the village, frequent looting, and everyone was in danger. Kankuamba's home was looted, and a little surplus of the harvest was also robbed.
Kankuamba and his mother knew that they would not be able to rely on the grain to support their next harvest. But the father, who was unwilling to leave the land, insisted on farming, bound his family to the land, and pushed his family to the brink of death step by step. I can't even get enough to eat, and of course I don't have the money to pay for tuition. Naturally fond of tinkering with electronic devices, Kankuamba, who is good at observation, captures the power of nature in desperation. He had seen an English book called "Energy Utilization" in the school's humble library.
There is no shortage of light in the entire African continent, but this poor place is undoubtedly unable to produce high-quality solar panels. Second, the wind that blows across the continent every day is an easier source of energy to capture.
Inspired by his teacher's bicycle, he began to dig out useful materials from the e-waste heap to build a water pumping device powered by wind energy, so as to irrigate the cracked land and give his family the last hope of survival. wind power generation. For this "miracle" that has never been heard of, everyone does not believe that Kankwamba can succeed. When hungry , friends would rather fall asleep than lend a helping hand; the father who labored in the fields even regarded his ideas as "wicked ways";
But when he heard that building a wind generator would require tearing down the most valuable bicycle in the family, his father was furious.
In the face of hunger, everyone is short-sighted. The ending can only be to leave home. But the great famine has put the whole country in trouble, and they can escape from their homes, but they cannot escape from death. Kankuamba withstood all pressure and successfully built a scaled-down version of the wind power plant. With the help of his friends and his loving mother, he finally persuaded his father.
Father let go of his arrogant patriarchal power . Although he still did not understand the power of power generation and what might happen, the infection of family affection and the imminence of death made him only choose to let it go.
The ending of the film is heartwarming. Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high, and a very simple, wooden tower base was finally built by turning the fan blades of the dismantled bicycle, and then relying on the waste battery to generate electricity. Kankuamba was so confident that his family began to reluctant to give up the canal, and all the electricity that can only be converted into wind energy can be used to charge the battery. When the battery started to generate electricity, the equipment started to operate, and the water "magically" began to flow out, the crowd boiled, and the young shoots of life developed the most beautiful roots and leaves on the cracked land.
Kamkumba used what he learned to change the fate of himself and his family. It can be said that he saved the whole village.
The Wind Rider used his knowledge and courage to "grab" God's gift and turn it into food and vitality. The film "The Boy Who Harnesses the Wind" is based on a true story . In reality, William Kamkumba was actually a scumbag. But the reason for the scum is that he has no light source to study at night, and no family that can help him continue to study. But he didn't give up. After dropping out of school, he borrowed friends' notes to teach himself and secretly went to the library to read.
Rely on an English dictionary to learn the knowledge from the book word by word. Collect stuff in the scrap yard and apply what you've learned.
In the end, he succeeded in building the first wind turbine, which could power four light bulbs and two radios in the house.
His fame attracted the support of many people. With the help of people from all walks of life, he began to transform the village in all aspects: in addition to electricity, there are food, water, education...
He also won a high scholarship to go to college in the United States . At the age of 19, Kankuamba was on the TED stage . He told the world about the hardships of his hometown and his experiences.
He hopes that more people will pay attention to poverty in Africa, and that someone will lend a helping hand to save more "Kankwamba", so that they can bring back knowledge and change their homes.
In front of the shackles cast by poverty, some people draw the ground as a prison, follow the trend, and become villains or corpses; while some people move forward with shackles, looking for hope, creating the future, and becoming heroes and legends.
Poverty is terrifying. After Kankuanba built the wind turbine, there were even rumors that it was an evil machine! It will drive away the rain! Must be removed! Learn like our ancestors, dance and pray for rain! Poverty can also be sweet,
When someone crosses the chasm of poverty and gets rid of the shortness it brings, the joy of success and breakthrough will be worth a thousand words.
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