Question

What does the phrase gauntlet of the rough tribes convey about the narrator's perception

of his experience?
that he believed the lanes behind the houses were a passageway to a secret, hidden garden
that he feared playing behind the houses because of the darkness and the slippery mud
that he saw the children from the cottages as rivals and their territory as possibly dangerous

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The phrase "gauntlet of the rough tribes" suggests that the narrator sees the children from the cottages as hostile or aggressive. It conveys a sense of danger and challenge in navigating their territory. This indicates that the narrator's perception of his experience is that he views the children as rivals and their territory as potentially dangerous.