The goal of the Franciscans is to serve the poor and destitute and the goal of the Dominicans is to teach and fight heresy; both are very needed things in the world today, as well as when the Order's were founded (around the 1200's).
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.