A flappy "paddle" gear box is a semi-automatic transmission, there is not clutch pedal. It shifts when you press the up-shift or down-shift paddle, the clutch exists but it is a super quick electric clutch unit, so no "clutch pedal". Many premium cars have automatic transmissions which can be put in to a semi-automatic mode, but again no clutch pedal.
At 15 you are smart to ask, do keep asking car questions, so many kids your age have incorrect ideas about cars . They learn these odd ideas when they think cars in the movies or video games are like that in real life.
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.