I assume you're referring to To Kill a Mockingbird. Children are highly superstitious, and with the rumors circulating about the Radley family, and the fact that they were so reclusive, the schoolchildren probably thought the pecans were cursed or poisonous or whatever fanciful story kids think up. 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.