Answer:
The description of Dunnet shows the reader:
4. why people felt drawn to fishing communities in Maine in the early 1900s.
Explanation:
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. <u>As a matter of fact, the passage does not speak of change at all, so we can eliminate option 1.</u>
<u>If option 2 spoke of how people feel in love </u><u>with</u><u> Maine, not </u><u>in</u><u> Maine, it may have been correct. </u>But again, when the narrator speaks of love, it is not for a person. It is for the village:
<em>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...</em>
<u>Option 3 can also be easily discarded. At no point does the author comment on difficulties being faced by inhabitants of Maine.</u> We are left with option 4. <u>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.</u>
