Age is just a number, but when you are a teen 2 years is a lot, once you are 18 and 20 for example it's not a big deal, but you couldn't date, if you did, that would lead to sex, and that would be statutory rape.
This won't be the answer you want, but I say No. Two years wouldn't matter if you were older. There's a big difference between a 14/16 date and a 18/20 date.
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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.