The images in the film of busy streets with many pedestrians and vehicles clarify why the narrator in Dragonwings thinks that

Crowded streets filled with pedestrians and vehicles would seem confusing and intimidating to someone unfamiliar with the city. That helps explain the narrator’s thought that “every trip was an adventure into a strange, fearful city.” The other choices concern beliefs about people or demons, not the narrator’s reaction to navigating busy streets.

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