Well, it could be that some day in the future, your baby brother may be the one to care for your mother as though he is the parent and she is the child. Or, the both of them could be representing another family you know where the son is caring for his mother as though he is the parent.
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.