Mother Necessity

I think that “necessity is the mother of invention” means that when you need something very badly and it’s too complex to do by hand you create something to make it much easier. One example is how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone because in those days when you wanted to tell somebody something very badly you would have to walk over to their house or ride a horse over there, but when the telephone was invented people could just telephone the person and it was quicker and less time consuming. Another example is how Henry Ford created the first automobile because if you didn’t have a car you would have to bike or ride a horse over to the market or park etc but with the car you get to the market faster and you wouldn’t have to put much effort into it. The third example I have is of Thomas Edison who invented the light bulb. Now imagine trying to work without a lamp and all you had was a candle that didn’t give much light, with the light bulb you’d be able to see and not cause a fire by knocking it over. These three examples are what I think are good examples of “Necessity is the mother of invention.”

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