Question

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..

Answer 1

No more skipping breakfast, no more dropping out of school.

Step-by-step explanation:

The context of a story is the background or the conditions of how the story began or is based on. It provides details about the story or shed some light on how the present events came to be

In the given excerpt from "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind the Wind", William Kamkwamba provides context for the story in his declaration "No more skipping breakfast, no more dropping out of school." This sentence tells us about his life and how he had come upon the decision to begin making the windmill. He decided that he would no longer skip school or breakfast and that became the starting point for executing his plan.

Thus, the correct answer is the third option.