I Will Never Be The Same Theme

“I Will Never Be the Same” June 5, 1805 was the date in Alva’s great grandfather’s journal. Alva’s great grandfather went by the name of Al, short for Alva as well. Al lived in Southern Illinois, in a little pioneer house. Alva never met Al, but was always fond of the stories his dad would tell of him. Alva was so intrigued by the stories that his father told, that his father finally decided to hand down Al’s old journal to Alva, to fill his curiosity of everything about his Great grandfather Al. “It was a pretty normal day on the plains for the most part, just a little windy, until about mid-day. The sky began to change from a blue to almost a yellow-green tint. Now I was really beginning to worry. The winds became harder, and the rain …show more content…
He remembered how Al’s neighbor described the tornado, and wanted to see if he could create a tornado effect of his own with one of his mother’s old wash buckets. Alva poured water from the well into the bucket, and begin to spin it around with a stick. Alva then began to get the understanding of the tornado, and also how hard it must be for his mother to wash clothes, being his arm was already tired from stirring water around. Alva never really considered how hard his mother worked, nor did he ever offer to help wash laundry. Alva knew the washing method his mother used was by hand, but wanted to make it easy as possible on her for everything she did for him. He decided he was going to invent the handless washing …show more content…
Alva decided instead of using a steel bucket, that he would use a light weight metal bucket, because it is easier to work with, and a lot simpler to move around. Alva started with drawing an outline of what he though it should look like. He first started with the base which he decided would be held up by sturdy sculpted wood, he then added a metal bucket to the top of the frame. With this was done Alva then thought on how he would make the water turn in the bucket, without assistance of his hands. Alva found a few old car tire rims lying around, and decided to try them out. He placed one tire rim into the bucket, and at the bottom he drilled three holes to hook the turning wheel to another car rim, that he placed under the bucket, and attached the rim to the legs of the base. After accomplishing this entire invention Alva then had to consider what to use to get it going. He searched around in the old barn they had built, and ended up finding an old motor to a vehicle. It did not work at the moment, but Alva tinkered with it until he got it going. Alva then inserted the engine to the side of the frame, across from the second tire rim. He then placed a lever to the engine, which was required to be pulled down twice to get the engine going. When the engine was cranked, the rims begin to turn in opposite directions, due to the wires, and chains he