I'm not sure I understand the question either. Having been married three times, I've never considered the person I married to be a trophy. I always believed I was making the choice to marry someone I was ready to build a life with.
My first husband is deceased, so I can't comment on that, but at no time did I ever vent my frustrations or disappointment that my second spouse didn't grow in the same direction I did. There was no "winner" mentality about it. I simply realized that we were no longer compatible and chose to end it.
I think the people who feel a need to disparage their spouses publicly are not "winners".. True winners have class, and people with class don't slag their spouses publicly no matter how angry they are at the situation.
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.