Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. i didn’t understand, though i wanted to. ask any survivor and you will hear the same thing: above all, we tried to understand. why all these deaths? what was the point of this death factory? how to account for the demented mind that devised this black hole of history called birkenau? perhaps there was nothing to understand. based on the excerpt, the author would most likely agree that the rationale for the holocaust will always be incomprehensible. history is likely to repeat itself if past events remain unresolved. there have been few mentally competent leaders throughout history. understanding the past enabled him to move on with his life.

The answer is: the rationale for the Holocaust will always be incomprehensible.

In the excerpt from "All Rivers Run to the Sea," the author Elie Wiesel expresses his inability to understand why the horrors of the Holocaust happened. He mentions he did not understand and neither did survivors. He wonders about the people who died, especially in Birkenau, which was part of Auschwitz concentration camp and which he calls "death factory."

answer: c

explanation:

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.