Answer:
He is afraid of being infected. What horrors does the narrator witness during regular walks to his brother's house? People are dying on the streets, women shrieking and crying, and people do harm to themselves and others.
Explanation:
This statement shows how our state of mind and our emotional and psychological balance can influence our real life for better or for worse, that is, our life is a mirror of how we are feeling inside.
With this we can conclude that when we are emotionally well, we act, act and do our daily actions in a pleasant and positive way that reflects in our life that becomes good and of quality.
However, when we are badly with ourselves and emotionally and psychologically unmotivated, negative, melancholy we pass this feeling on to everything we do, which makes our life bad, uncomfortable and sad.
I think it's the 3rd one. Might be wrong though.
The answer is A. the tulips were bright slashes of color like a child's crayon drawing.