The phrase that best provides context for the story is: "No more skipping breakfast; no more dropping out of school." This sentence highlights the struggles and aspirations of the protagonist and sets the stage for the significance of building the windmill as a means to improve his life and the lives of others in his community.
Read the excerpt from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind the Wind by William Kamkwamba.
No more skipping breakfast; no more dropping out of school. With a windmill, we'd finally release ourselves from the troubles of darkness and hunger. In Malawi, the wind was one of the few consistent things given to us by God, blowing in the treetops day and night. A windmill meant more than just power, it was freedom.
Standing there looking at this book, I decided I would build my own windmill. I'd never built anything like it before, but I knew if windmills existed on the cover of that book, it meant another person had built them. After looking at it that way, I felt confident I could build one, too.
Which phrase or sentence from the excerpt best provides context for the story?
Standing there looking at this book, I decided I would build my own windmill.
After looking at it this way, I felt confident I could build one, too.
No more skipping breakfast, no more dropping out of school.
. . . but I knew if windmills existed on the cover of that book, it meant another person had built them.
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