In the year 1995, in a small village far from the bustling city, a boy named Ben was born. He was the sixth of seven siblings in a family that lived in poverty. Their home was simple, with wooden walls and a dirt floor that turned cold when night fell. His father was a farm laborer with an uncertain income, while his mother struggled to take care of all the children on her own. Life was not easy; often, they had to survive on nothing but rice and salt, or occasionally a simple dish harvested from the small garden behind their house.
From an early age, Ben showed a rare kind of curiosity. By the age of seven, he had developed a deep fascination with technology. While other children his age were busy playing in the fields or running along the village's dirt roads, Ben preferred to observe machines. He could spend hours dismantling his older brother's broken bicycle, trying to understand how the wheels turned or how the chain moved the tires. He even once took apart his father's old radio just to figure out how sound could come from inside it. This often got him into trouble, as he was frequently scolded for 'breaking' household items.
At school, Ben was a bright student. He consistently ranked at the top of his class. His teachers often praised his intelligence, with some even recognizing great potential in him. Unfortunately, at home, his achievements were never appreciated. To his family, school was not important. Their main concern was survival. Ben's academic success was seen as insignificant, and whenever he talked about things that excited him—such as how machines worked or how electricity flowed—his family would either mock him or dismiss his words as meaningless.
"You ask too many questions!" his father snapped one day when Ben tried to explain how he had fixed a broken fan. "A child shouldn't be busy with such strange things!"
Ben remained silent. He knew that his family would never understand his curiosity. But deep in his heart, he was determined to continue learning on his own. Secretly, he often borrowed books from the school library, eagerly reading every page that explained machines, electricity, or even how computers worked—devices he had never seen in real life.
As time passed, Ben began to realize that home was not a comfortable place for him. He often endured harsh treatment from his parents. Every day, he faced scoldings, ridicule, and even physical punishment simply for being different from his siblings. Despite this, he never hated them. He understood that poverty had shaped the way they viewed life. They had no time for dreams, as their minds were consumed with thoughts of how to afford their next meal.
However, there was one thing that set Ben apart from everyone else—he had an extraordinary memory. Every event, every word, even the smallest facial expressions of people around him were imprinted in his mind with remarkable detail. This made it nearly impossible for anyone to deceive him. He could detect lies in people's eyes, in their tone of voice, in the pauses before they spoke. Sometimes, he felt as if he could read minds just by observing expressions.
This ability made him highly sensitive to his surroundings. He could sense when his mother tried to hide her exhaustion or when his father concealed his financial worries. He also knew that his siblings often saw him as different, as if he did not belong among them. It was not uncommon for him to endure their taunts, calling him a 'weird kid' simply because he spent more time studying than playing or working in the fields.
But Ben never gave up. Despite the silence and cold treatment from his family, he held onto one determination in his heart—that one day, he would break free from these limitations. He would prove that a boy from a small village could achieve great things, even when the world around him never gave him any hope. In silence, he envisioned his future, hoping that one day, he would stand in a place far greater than anyone in his village had ever imagined.