The "rattlers in your nightmares" are a metaphor for ___. (in Desert Run)

The public's fear of traitors

All things that scare people

The nation's guilty conscience

The fear of snakes

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "The nation’s guilty conscience." The "rattlers in your nightmares" are a metaphor for the nation’s guilty conscience. (in Desert Run). "Rattlers in your nightmares" refers to the guilty of the nations.