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Definition of Personification
Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the sentence, "The rain poured down on the wedding guests, indifferent... read full definition
Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the sentence, "The rain poured down... read full definition
Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the... read full definition
Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis—Fate Comes Walking:
As the black Cadillac carries the Boss out of Mason City in Chapter 1, Jack has a flashback to 1922, when he first met Willie. The scene takes place in Slade's, an illegal bar in Mason City that was often the site of political dealings. Jack, already in the bar's dark back room, sees Willie come in and already knows that their futures will intertwine:
Fate comes walking through the door, and it is five feet eleven inches tall and heavyish in the chest and shortish in the leg and is wearing a seven-fifty seersucker suit which is too long in the pants so the cuffs crumple down over the high black shoes, which could do with a polishing, and a stiff high collar like a Sunday-school superintendent [...]. It just comes in like that, and how are you to know?
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