He was born in Makkah at a time when paganism and idol worship were prevalent, in fact the Ka'bah which later became the most holy site of Islam again, was used to house idols. However Muhammad (S) was such a man that he never prescribed to these nonsensical beliefs - he could not accept that there was no Creator or that divine beings were made from stone. He would often retreat to a cave called Hira, where he would contemplate and meditate about the wrongs of society and paganism.
He did this for many years, and it was when he was 40 years old that in this cave Allah revealed to him the Revelation, al-Qur'an, through the Angel Jibra'il (AS). More.
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.