Anything that is a lot hotter than your skin will burn you such as a hotplate, or an electric iron. The sun is not on fire but it burns your skin with UV rays. Strong acid or alkali will burn skin.
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.