Read the passage.
There was something about the coast town of Dunnet which made it seem more attractive than other maritime villages of eastern Maine.
Perhaps it was the simple fact of acquaintance with that neighborhood which made it so attaching, and gave such interest to the rocky shore and
dark woods, and the few houses which seemed to be securely wedged and tree-nailed in among the ledges by the Landing. These houses made the
most of their seaward view, and there was a gayety and determined floweriness in their bits of garden ground; the small-paned high windows in the
peaks of their steep gables were like knowing eyes that watched the harbor and the far sea-line beyond, or looked northward all along the shore
and its background of spruces and balsam firs. When one really knows a village like this and its surroundings, it is like becoming acquainted with a
single person. The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift In such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong
affair.
After a first brief visit made two or three summers before in the course of a yachting cruise, a lover of Dunnet Landing returned to find the
unchanged shores of the pointed firs, the same quaintness of the village with its elaborate conventionalities; all that mixture of remoteness, and
childish certainty of being the centre of civilization of which her affectionate dreams had told. One evening In June, a single passenger landed upon
the steamboat wharf. The tide was high, there was a fine crowd of spectators, and the younger portion of the company followed her with subdued
excitement up the narrow street of the salt-alred, white-clapboarded little town.
(from The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett)
What does the description of Dunnet show the reader?
1. how life in Maine has changed since the early 1900s
2. why many people fell in love In Maine in the early 1900s
3. how difficult it was to live in Maine in the early 1900s
O 4. why people felt drawn to fishing communities in Maine in the early 1900s

The passage speaks of the village of Dunnet and how easily one could fall in love with it. According to the narrator, even after a couple of years, the village had not changed. It had the same appearance, the same pace and atmosphere. As a matter of fact, the passage does not speak of change at all, so we can eliminate option 1.

If option 2 spoke of how people feel in love with Maine, not in Maine, it may have been correct. But again, when the narrator speaks of love, it is not for a person. It is for the village:

When one really knows a village like this and its surroundings, it is like becoming acquainted with a single person. The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift...

Option 3 can also be easily discarded. At no point does the author comment on difficulties being faced by inhabitants of Maine. We are left with option 4. The description of Dunnet serves to show how and why people felt drawn to fishing communities in Maine. Again, the pace, the lifestyle, the atmosphere of the place was attractive, luring. Option 4 seems to be the best answer.

jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-01-14T11:44:59+01:00

The thing which the description of Dunnet shows the reader is:

D. Why people felt drawn to fishing communities in Maine in the early 1900s

Based on the given text, we can see that there is the vivid description of how the community of Dunnet is and how they all love together and bear good relations.

With that in mind, we can see that the main thing which this description shows the reader is the reason why people wanted to come to the fishing communities in Maine.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D

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