Go to a professional and have them cut it. It looks like you have some serious layering. You might be able to keep some length if you cut more layers in and remove the damaged parts.
If you don't want to, you will be cutting it very short. Go to a professional and ask them about it.
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.