In Bob Dylan's Wikipedia article, it quotes Dylan's autobiography explaining that he got the name from poet Dylan Thomas. Though he was originally just going to drop his last name of Zimmerman and perform as Bob Allen, he discovered another musician named Bob Allyn and went for Dylan instead.
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.