What is the probable connotation of the underlined word in this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from warriors don't cry. as we approached behind them, we could see only the clusters of white people that stretched for a distance of two blocks along the entire span of the school building. my mind could take in the sights and sounds only one by one: flashing cameras, voices shouting in my ears, men and women jostling each other, old people, young people, people running, uniformed police officers walking, men standing still, men and women waving their fists, and then the long line of uniformed soldiers carrying weapons just like in the war movies i had seen. which words create the mood in the excerpt? check all that apply.

How does marc antony use the rhetorical triangle in his speech

“to build a fire” what does the man realize as he’s trying to light the matches? what difficulty occurs when the man finally lights all of his matches at once?