Charlotte's web is very limited in its scope and content and therefore is very simple and un-engaging for any mature being." On the surface I'd agree with you. An older, more mature reader would know there are other issues in the book that most children wouldn't pick up on.
There are subtleties involved that make it far less limited than your mind seems to think. As for HP and THG: You have issues. Please seek therapy.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.