Answer: B.“Alfonso didn’t want to be the handsomest kid at school, but he was determined to be better looking than average.”
Option B is the only sentence that expresses a theme related to wanting more than one has. The sentence explains that Alfonso did not have a desire to be the handsomest kid at his school. However, he did want to be more attractive than just being average. This shows that Alfonso desires to have even more than what he already has.
I would say understatement, i guess it could be sarcastic, but I've never learned sarcasm as figuritive language, if it was my question I would say understatement.
