I remember on Ellis Island, we was like a bunch of sheep. We bumped one each the other and everybody had a suitcase and dragging their suitcase, stuff like that.

—"Paul Remembers Trying Sandwiches,"
Ellis Island Oral History Project,
National Park Service: Ellis Island

Use clues from the text and what you already know to answer this question: Why does the man compare the people on Ellis Island to a bunch of sheep?

Without signs, no one knew where to go.
The immigrants were herded like animals.
No one who arrived could speak the language.
Many people were crowded together.