A child. Age of majority differs in different places, but the youngest is 18, and ranges up to 21.
An adult- legally no, reality no, but in their mind they are grown and most will not realize how little they knew for a while yet. In a perfect world a 17 year old would be ready for the world but this is not a perfect world and there are no perfect kids so most 17 year olds are still children.
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.