Question

remembering and reflecting on the holocaust
excerpt from all rivers run to the sea
background about all rivers run to the sea
even before the outbreak of world war ii in september 1939, nazi germany had begun to deport thousands of jews to concentration camps. in early 1942, nazi leaders organized plans for the \final solution,\ the systematic extermination of european jews in a huge system of death and slave labor camps scattered throughout areas under german control. before the end of the war in europe in may 1945, six million jews and millions more nazi victims had died. perhaps the most notorious of the extermination camps was the auschwitz - birkenau complex in southern poland. this complex was located near a rail junction where dozens of rail lines converged. these rail lines were used to transport jews and other nazi victims to auschwitz. between 1.1 and 1.5 million people died there. one of those who survived was romanian - born jew elie wiesel.
excerpt from all rivers run to the sea
by elie wiesel
elie wiesel most likely wrote all rivers run to the sea to
options: keep other holocaust survivors from reaching out to him, lessen public awareness of the events of the holocaust, stop himself from having any type of emotional release, attempt to make sense of the atrocities he experienced

Explanation:

Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor. His works, including All Rivers Run to the Sea, often aim to process and make sense of his traumatic experiences during the Holocaust. The other options are illogical: he wouldn't want to keep other survivors from reaching out, lessen awareness of the Holocaust (he advocated for remembrance), or stop emotional release (his writing is a form of emotional and intellectual processing). So the most logical reason is to make sense of his experiences.

Answer:

attempt to make sense of the atrocities he experienced