I think the meaning of life is to find yourself and truly be happy, it doesn't matter what that looks like to others. I think the goal should be to simply enjoy life and to break down the cage in which we are all in. Just be yourself and let anxiety about the future or past go.
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.