Normally your parachute won't fail if you get it from a company. Because they take care of the parachutes to make sure they don't get sued. Even if one of your parachutes does fail you also have a backup parachute.
The pretty much only reason you could die is if you messed up by not pulling the chute right. But if you skydive tandem with an experience skydiver you have nothing to be afraid of. 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.