I always loved science, especially the experiments. As a kid, my schools would occasionally have a science teacher come in and essentially play with fire and ice. As I grew older, I began to appreciate the logical nature of scientific method.
Pose a Hypothesis and test it. I think its the logical approach that appealed to me.
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.