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Charlotte's Web: The book that made me cry as a child

Charlotte's web was a book most people read as children, and since I don't know what else to do this post on, why not do it on one of the only books that made me cry. The story, if you forgot, is about a pig named Wilbur, a little girl named Fern, and a spider named Charlotte. Wilbur, a small and weak pig, is about to get slaughtered by Fern's dad, but Fern convinces her dad to let her adopt the pig. Wilbur then gets moved to a different barn, where he mainly doesn't get along with the other animals, until he finds a spider there called Charlotte. Fern meanwhile frequently visits the animals and watches them talk to each other. It was mostly peaceful until Wilbur was once again going to be slaughtered. Charlotte decides to help Wilbur by weaving a web with words in it. This shocked Fern's family, who then make Wilbur into a farm attraction thing for many people to see. Charlotte continues writing words within her spider webs until Fern's family enters Wilbur int

Literally 1984

Hi everyone, For my blog post this week, I decided to write on   the dystopian novel  1984 by George Orwell, which I read a couple of months ago. It   has often been considered a must-read book by many critics/reviewers for its role as a cautionary tale against authoritarian governments, and in my opinion, it has deserved its reputation. Presumably set in 1984, Winston Smith, the protagonist, lives on Airstrip One (formerly the UK), a part of an enormous superstate called Oceania. He works for the Ministry of Truth, a governmental division ironically tasked with issuing propaganda. His job is to edit previously issued newspapers that later contradict with the government's statements, ensuring that the government will always be viewed as correct. Slowly throughout the book, he grows dissatisfied with the government after realizing the scale of the censorship, and this internal rebellion is further exacerbated once he begins an illegal relationship with another Party member, Julia. 

No tears, please. It’s a waste of good suffering

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               T he Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker is a masterpiece. This is one of the greatest pieces of literature that I have read. The book focuses on 2 main characters Frank and Julia. Frank is a greedy man who will do anything for pleasure. One night he goes to a street vendor in Morocco. The vendor tells Frank this box will bring immeasurable pleasures for whoever can solve it. Frank buys the box and brings it home. It takes him hours to open the box but finally, it clicks and he has finished. From the wall emerge four creatures known as cenobites. These hellish creatures were once human but their flesh has been scared and manipulated in an almost artistic way. They show Frank the pleasures he is looking for, but Frank was wildly misled this pleasure was pure pain hooks and chains bring Frank into the cenobite's labyrinth.  Julia was married to Franks's brother Rory. Rory had a kid from a previous relationship called Kirsty. Julia and Frank were having an affair. Ju