Question 1: Parallel Journeys by Elanor H. Ayer

What is most likely the author’s intent by including the following description of Himmler in Paragraph 5?

Heading the Schutzstaffel was Heinrich Himmler who worshipped Adolf Hitler. Himmler was a man of great organizational skills, with a passion for perfect record keeping and a heart as black as his Schutzstaffel uniform.

A. to demonstrate that Hitler promoted individuals based on qualifications, not just their viewpoints

B. to reinforce what color the SS officers wore

C. to emphasize the traits which made him cut out for Hitler’s victimization of Jews

D. to show how the leader of the SS was distinctly different than the group as a whole