It is true that people that are brought up on poor families are more likely to be poor as adults and those brought up in wealthy families are more likely to be wealthy as adults. Is there a chance for people to work their way to a better lot in life through a lot of hard work, determination, and some luck? Sure.
However, in modern day western countries like the US this is becoming more and more difficult as time goes by. Still possible, just harder. Not sure what my atheism has to do with this...
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.