Red: Shatterstar is a guy from an entertainment-oriented planet called Mojoworld. He was trained as a child to fight in the arenas to entertain the masses. No one knows anything about who his parents are, and don't even get me started on the story arc that promised and failed to reveal his origin.
Shatterstar lands on Earth looking for the X-Men, needing help defeating Mojo, the ruler of his planet, and instead finds the newly formed X-Force team. He clashes with them, and they are impressed by his skills, so after the dust clears, they offer him a spot, which he accepts. When first arriving on Earth, Shatterstar shows no discernible sign of emotions, and somewhat disapproves of teamwork, and doesn't understand Earth's culture in the slightest.
But he quickly gives teamwork a chance, and discovers him teammates like it when he saves their butts from getting fried, and gradually comes to understand Earth's culture, with the help of television. Shatty has a great friendship with Rictor, ... more.
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.