Ididn’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.

At the beginning of the excerpt, the author expresses that he is terribly confused by the rationale of Birkenau (a Nazi concentration camp during World War II). Moreover, he tells us that most survivors are equally confused. However, he concludes by saying "perhaps there was nothing to understand." This implies that the author believes that the rationale for the Holocaust will probably always be incomprehensible.

if this isnt a true or false than they have equal amount of importants

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."