The correct answer is B) Just a tiny bit of bad news: your hometown has been completely destroyed.
Explanation: An undrestatement is a statement that describes something as much smaller, less important, or less bad than it actually is. In the above statement, someone's hometown being destroyed would not be considered "tiny bit of bad news", making it an understatement.
Answer A: the description of human struggles in the form of Ivan Ilyich’s suffering
The idea of realism implies that there is no fantastic or happy endings. Realism is very cynical and down to earth.
