Why not, this is Model View Controller, source code can be reused, for example if you want to go to another framework, everything you will need to modify is View, because each framework has its specific tags, you could do everything with simple html tags, but this is already a framework problem.
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.