Which of the following sentences from "Five Hours to Simla" best supports the story's theme about the clash between modernization and traditional life?
A:"After the first cacophony of screeching brakes and grinding
gears, there followed the comparatively static hum of engines,and drivers waited in exasperation for the next lurch forwards"
B:"A yellow pye-dog came crawling out of the shallow ditch that ran
alongside the road and, spying an open door, came slinking up to
it, thin, hairless tail between its legs, eyes showing their whites,
hoping for bread but quite prepared for a blow instead."
C:"The vendors milled
around the buses, cars and rickshaws, and were soon standing
at their car window, both vocally and manually proffering goods
for sale." <--- my answer
D:"Caught in that illumination, the truck driver rose calmly to his
feet, dusted the seat of his pyjamas, wound up the bandanna
round his head, all in one fluid movement, and without a word
leaped lightly back into the driver’s seat of his truck. "
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