You could feel like you're stuck in a place that is potentially dangerous. Something might come as a shock to you, some tidbit of news that you didn't expect. You managed to jump out, though, so you might have managed to avoid any negative effects.
The dream speaks of your ' VULNERABILITY'. A snake sheds skin..... but an eel represents a 'SNAKE WITHOUT SKIN' rather like ..when a wound is red raw. The shallow water speaks of ' OPEN CONSPICUOUS PLACE' hence 'YOU CAN NOT HIDE'.So...."You are feeling vulnerable as a person, you are in a conspicuous place and you are afraid of being in that state of vulnerability".....
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.