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read this sentence from "shooting an elephant": i marched down the hill, looking and feeling a fool, with the rifle over my shoulder and an ever growing army of people jostling at my heels.

Which connotation best matches the word jostling as it is used in this excerpt?

A. Tense and hostile
B. Disordely and anxious
C. Angry and grumpy
D. Violent and terrifying

Answer 1

I think it's Disordely and Anxious

Answer 2

The connotation that best matches the word jostling as it is used in this excerpt is B. Disordely and anxious.

The idea conveyed in the excerpt is that the character is on the verge of being caught by this ever growing army of people. The word jostle is usually used when someone is mentioning a crowd, because it also conveys this idea of being chased, pushed and shoved by it.