Which phrase in this excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut's "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" is an example of sarcasm?

1)the blessings of another world war.

2)his mother lived to be fifty-three, his father to be forty-nine

3), if he can remain hidden from his enemies.

4)typewritten on a soiled scrap of paper

5)bewildering tangle of psychological jargon

Respuesta :

1 is the answer. "Blessings" is an ironic, unexpectedly positive judgment of a universally bad situation (a world war). The sarcasm lies in the suggestion that a disastrous, deadly event could be fortunate and a reason to be thankful.

The other answers state facts or describe a situation without judging or expressing emotion.