I think you can't find rake, because elastic beanstalk run ruby environment in virtual environment - rvm. Try to find in the directory /opt environment variables which set up ruby environment for current terminal. I'm not sure for ruby, but for python you should do: source /opt/python/current/env.
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.