One possible solution. Open your gemlock file and delete the entire write up there and save it. If you don't have rake 0.8.7 file on your application create a new app that uses rake 0.8.7 possibly with rails 3.0.8 then copy its rake file and replace it with your previous one.
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.