Oh dear lord, why did your bf go and buy you a toshiba. Go and return it ASAP, and buy something else, like a Sony VAIO, HP, Dell, or if you need a budget laptop that will actually work, get an ASUS laptop. I bought a Toshiba Satellite with windows vista a few years back, and had the same exact problem, except toshiba wouldn't take it back because I didn't buy an extended warranty, and it was past the 30-day-no-questions-asked-return period.
Take it from someone who has been in your exact position before: ditch the shitty toshiba, and buy something that works.
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.