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In what way is Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" an example of postmodernism?

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For Plato users the correct answer is "B. the use of irony with a serious topic".

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Because the protagonist discovers that he has psychic powers, and turned into a weapon for the US Government. Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific, or objective, efforts to explain reality.
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