That's an interesting question. My first reaction was to say that it's animate because it's a living thing, but the word does seem to also imply the ability to move. Flowers can move slightly to bend toward the sun, but that's not exactly conscious movement.
Personally I would call a living flower animate and a cut flower inanimate, but I'll be interested to see what others have to say. More.
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.