Answer:
To present his point of view on war, the author employs sarcasm and irony. He conveys sarcasm through George and George's mother, Mrs. Gearson, and irony through the narration. When George speaks of "a pocket providence that blesses butchery," his sarcasm is clear. Through his characters, he also conveys ironic statements.
For example, when George says, "to have a country that can't be wrong, but if it is, it's right anyway!" we know that the author is mocking the concept of patriotism, which elevates all wrongdoing in its name. In Mrs. Gearson's dialogue, the reader also encounters sarcasm when she says, "I suppose you would have been glad to die, such a brave person as you! When you sent him, you didn't expect he would get killed. " and "You just expected him to kill someone else, some of those foreigners that weren't there because they had any say about it, but because they had to be there, poor wretches—conscripts, or whatever they call 'em."
