Magic was the mystery or the author uses Willian's belief as the event to explain this mystery or the power that magic could provide. This caused William for move away to concepts related to magic or as he moved away from it, he approached to study of science, which he found exciting or beneficial.
As William grows more comfortable on the ways that science could explain the world, he doesn't reject the idea f the magic may have some influence over people’s lives. William only seeks for introduce scientific inventions and principles that may benefit for Malawian people.
The book as the whole suggests that science or superstition could coexist or enrich the lives to people in their own ways. While science could improve the physical conditions of people’s lives, superstition enlivens a imagination, a stories or culture of Malawi.
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