The phrase that best explains the purpose of the underlined text is C. to focus the reader’s thoughts on Stalin’s personality.
<h3>What is a Text Purpose?</h3>
This refers to the central theme of a text and how it is used to convey a thought or idea to an audience.
Hence, we can see that from the complete text, there is the use of narration to show the details of Stalin's actions and there is an underlined phrase that shows the type of man that Stalin was, as it showed his personality.
