Of course, the answer is religion to our live. It so ridiculous is there is someone who try to make his own mind on his religion, except the things that he does can be found in the holy book of his religion or in the additional ones; like in Hadits or the words of Imam and 'Ulama in Islam.
Religion drives NOT our life style, but our Faith style.
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.