What is satirized in this excerpt from mark twain’s “the £1,000,000 bank-note”?

D. the nature of people to blame others for their own mistakes or shortcomings.

Explanation:

What is satirized in this excerpt from mark twain’s “the £1,000,000 bank-note" is "the nature of people to blame others for their own mistakes or shortcomings".

From the excerpt, it's clear that the author criticizes with satire how people tend to blame others for their mistakes. The author reveals that people tend to quarrel with others, blaming them for what is not their fault instead of blaming and quarreling with themselves for their near-sightedness and insensitivity. The author satirizes it in the above passage through his use of language at the beginning of the excerpt:

"I was pretty nervous, in fact, pretty badly frightened,..."

he is suggesting that this widow is a strong woman, who is giving constructive criticism and she has enough to worry about, and she takes care of him, so he does not take it to heart.

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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