Question

Please help? In "A Call Loan" by O. Henry, a bank examiner visits the small frontier town where Long Bill Longley runs a bank. How does the presence of the bank examiner help make the story an example of Regionalism?

Answer 1

The bank examiner is the outsider from the East who does not understand or appreciate the cowboy banker's way of doing business. His willingness to dismiss local customs, regardless of their practicality and effectiveness, makes the people of Chaparosa seem simple but also more moral and compassionate by comparison.