I knew from a young age that knowledge can change destiny , but how many people can really change it? When I first entered college, I was full of expectations and confidence, as if "knowledge changes destiny" happened to me. However, as I graduated from college and entered the society, and now I look forward to the day of getting paid every month , I can't help but begin to doubt this. In other words, my destiny is no different from my parents in the eyes of my parents. I didn't realize how naive my previous thoughts were until I watched this film.
"The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" is based on the memoir of the same name co-authored by William Kankuwemba and Brian Mayall , who is not just a script , but a real thing. The film mainly tells the story of a 13-year-old African boy who saved the lives of the whole village and even changed his life after seeing that the villagers were running away due to famine, his good neighbor became a robber, and his beloved partner starved to death in front of him. of his life . So how did he do it?
1. Strong support from mother
William can save the whole village by himself , thanks to his righteous mother , without her, William could not change his fate at all.
In Africa, where natural and man- made disasters continue, in Malawi, in social unrest , in a village where witchcraft is prevalent, in this small village where one can only pray in the event of a drought , William's mother is different . She insists that her children cannot be illiterate. Even if she gritted her teeth, her children had to go to school . It is precisely because of his mother's insistence that William was fortunate to study, so that knowledge could change his destiny, and this hopeless village could usher in a bright future.
William, who was forcibly dropped out of school , needs to read a book again in order to make a generator. After his mother found out, she personally took him to the principal . Facing the unselfishness of the principal, William's mother did not back down . She even threatened the principal with the school teacher's affairs, just to let her son take a look at the book . One of my mother's words touched me. Not to mention that she is a backward and closed rural woman , even if she is a woman of the new era, she may not be able to oppose the principal for the sake of her children, let alone such a hellish Africa.
William was able to make a generator successfully , thanks to his mother's escort . I still remember that when William was making a windmill, what he needed most in the process was his father's bicycle . His father not only did not agree, but even gave him a meal. "Fist education" , just when William was desperate , his mother stood up, even if William's idea was nonsense to everyone , and he might even be a complete failure in the end , and even his only bicycle would be scrapped. She still stands in front of her children unconditionally , because she believes in her children. For the sake of her children, she has serious conversations with her husband and expresses her thoughts for decades, and finally helped William successfully win a bicycle.
2. Perseverance and add wings to the dream
The reason why William succeeded is precisely because he did not abandon the spirit of not giving up. In the face of difficulties, he believed in himself, and he told everyone " knowledge changes destiny ".
The thirst for knowledge led him to sneak into the school again and again . Because of family difficulties, William could not pay the tuition fees and was forced to drop out of the school. However, after dropping out, he did not hesitate to negotiate with the teacher for conditions in order to study, just to be able to listen to the class. In order to study, he still did not give up after being scolded by the principal.
Affirmation of knowledge pitted him against his father. When the windmill entered a critical step, in order to succeed , to survive , and to dream in his heart , William still did not give up after being beaten by his father. In such a country where his father was respected , William openly opposed and called his partner. Dealing with my father together, trying to grab my father's bicycle , I admire such courage.
Only when you have a dream in your heart can you fly farther . William used his own efforts to tell us that dreams can be realized , and knowledge can really change destiny . Before getting the result , you need to persevere and believe in yourself .
Summarize:
When the water from the tap at the end of the film flows continuously to the farmland, it is like knowledge flowing in our hearts . When we doubt the sentence "knowledge changes destiny", we may think about whether we have not done enough ourselves , so that the results we hope have not yet appeared.
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