A combination of adding /platform:x86 to the pcy.py call and running ngen on the resulting dll and exe reduced the execution time of the exe to 1/2 that of the invoking it as a script. I'd call that successful.
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.