This is because by default ActionMailer templates don't share the same helpers that ActionView ones do. If you need to use helpers in your mailer templates then try including the module in your ActionMailer class.
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.