Question

Which sentence from the story shows that during the time period in which this story is set, people from other regions had a romanticized, instead of realistic, view of the American West?

"'I could live and be happy in the West. I think the air here agrees with me.'"
"'It's too bad you are not going East,' she said, reclothing herself with manner and style."
"'That marshal's a good sort of chap. Some of these Western fellows are all right.'"
"'And so now you are one of these dashing Western heroes, and you ride and shoot and go into all kinds of dangers.'"

Answer 1

The sentence from the story that shows that during the time period in which this story is set, people from other regions had a romanticized, instead of realistic, view of the American West is

"'And so now you are one of these dashing Western heroes, and you ride and shoot and go into all kinds of dangers.'"

Step-by-step explanation:

The words

Western heroes,

ride and shoot and go into all kinds of dangers

Demonstrates the romanticized characteristics of the time.