Throughout the horrors of his captivity, Wiesel states that he needed to be strong for his father. He needed to survive for his father. After his father's death, he no longer feels as though he has anything to live for. It can be assumed that he no longer paid attention to the world around him. His lack of detail about that is due to the fact that he no longer cared about what was going on.
Literary speeches use narrative techniques to interpret a theme about a true event or to honor that event.
A. If Henry goes to the library, the world is a better place.
The denouement is the final outcome of the story generally occurring after the climax of the plot.