For your son. I believe it is a Ruby. His Zodiac sign is a Leo.
My daughter and I share the same birth month. So,our birth stone is a Peridot. My daughter is also a Leo like your son.
However I am a Virgo,I was born on the last day of August whereas she was born on the 5th.
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.