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In this review,  I will talk about the fairytale "The Fisherman and His Wife". This will contain brief spoilers. I decided to read over a list of fairytales that we had to read during 8th grade. The one that really caught my attention was "The Fisherman and HIs Wife" because I remember doing a fan-fiction of the short story for a project.  The "The Fisherman and His Wife" is a story about a husband who is forced by his wife to repeatedly ask a magical fish for a more luxurious house. The wife's wishes starts out small, but it rapidly becomes out of control. The wife demands her husband to ask the magical fish to fulfill her wishes. However, when the fisherman goes to the fish to make her husband pope, the couple start at square one; the small and dirty hut. This fairytale focuses on greed and shows that you should be happy with what you have. If the wife decided to appreciate with what she already had, then none of her wishes would have been taken away...

     Over the summer I read a book called Fahrenheit 451 . The book was written by Ray Bradbury, and I am going to give you a brief summary, my thoughts on the book, and if I would recommend it. I will not be spoiling anything!      The story is set in a dystopian future. All houses are fireproofed and there is literally no risk of having a fire break loose. Therefore, the firemen in this world are actually given the task of starting fires to burn books. In this world, the government is oppressive and silences provocative thinkers. They feed the citizens what the citizens want, to give the citizens the illusion of thinking. Upon realizing this, the main character, Guy, needs to fight his way to freedom.      This book was definitely one of the harder things that I read in a long time. The wording was at times somewhat confusing. However, this book is profoundly deep. It is essentially a reader's autobiography. The book was powerful and a huge...