I think the correct answer is D.
Local Color Writing - is fiction and poetry that focuses on the characters, dialect, c<span>ustoms, t</span><span>opography,</span> and other features particular to a specific region.
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.
The right answer is A. because the possession would be Howard's fault and the contraction would be it's.
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