Things were bad with my mom too, although not as bad as your situation. My mom would call me fat, ugly, and sl*t. She would tell me I was easy and that I would take the first man that would come along, even though I had never done anything sexual.
The next time your mom abuses you, take pictures of the bruises and report her to CPS. I don't think you should run away though because 1/3 of runaways get forced into prostitution, so that's the primary reason I don't think you should run away. Would there be any way that you could move in with your dad or sister?
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.