The mandate system<span> was a compromise between the Allies' wish to retain the former German and Turkish colonies and their pre-Armistice declaration (November 5, 1918) that annexation of territory was not their aim in the war.</span>
The verb in the sentence is, to follow (his father's footsteps). This verb is used as an infinitive. An infinitive is a word in the verb form that functions as a noun, adjective or adverb. Infinitives are generally introduced by the word "to".
I think the answer would be C, because an implicit theme is one that's hidden in the story and you kind of have to dig into the piece and look for it.
