This line simply creates a totally standard HTML anchor tag with a link. In this case, the tag will look somewhat like this (I don't know what it will be exactly as I do not have the book and don't know how the sample application is set up).
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.