Which sentence best describes steinbeck's diction here?

and they scampered about, looking for work; and the highways were streams of people, and the ditch banks were lines of people.

a. he uses the words "lines of people" to show that the tenant farmers gave up too quickly.

b. he uses the word "streams" to evoke the idea of water in contrast with the dry land.

c. he uses the word "scampered" to show the panic of the tenant farmers.

d. he uses the word "highways" to remind the reader that the tenant farmers always had the option of leaving.

C. He uses the word "scampered" to show the panic of the tenant farmers.

Explanation:

We can define To Scamper as To "run with quick light steps (especially of a small animal or child), most likely through fear or excitement". In this context, there's a sense of hurry in the use of this word and they are faced with too many people most likely doing the same thing.

normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.

the answer is "a" although apex might say best book of the year.