Stop calling him your boyfriend. He's doing it, because you keep staying around for him to do it.
My impression of people is that they often accuse other (innocent) people of doing the exact things they're capable of, and often actually, doing. Along with everything else going on this guy is not worth it. I know its a pain to start over but it'll be a bigger pain to stay.
Stop worrying about the time you've invested in this, it just didn't work out, and move on to something better. You're worth it.
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.