This isn't a quote from the poem Beowulf; it's from the movie adaptation that came out recently (the one with Angelina Jolie. I do recommend reading the actual poem, though; it's a great read. Seamus Heaney's translation is my favorite.
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.