Complex sentence: This rosy, but fictional, vision of Franciscan churchmen, "señoritas" and "caballeros" permeated the novel and captured the imaginations of readers by portraying the Americans as villains and the Native Americans as "noble savages".
Split into simpler sentences: This rosy, but fictional, vision of Franciscan churchmen, "señoritas" and "caballeros" permeated the novel and captured the imaginations of readers. Her novel characterized the Americans as villains and the Native Americans as "noble savages".