Anything you would have set "manually" can be set on the proxy class. You should use the proxy unless you have a specific reason not to. It will save you a great deal of time that you could spend solving other problems.
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.