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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 19
Explanation and Analysis—Stood Its Ground:
In Chapter 19, Jack's daughter Bee visits his family. Jack is put off by his daughter's newly mature mannerisms. To get some time away, he goes to the cemetery across the freeway from their house. At last, there is none of the constant noise he is used to, either from his family, the television, or the passing cars. Jack personifies the silence as encroaching figures that gather around him in the dark:
I was beyond the traffic noise, the intermittent stir of factories across the river. So at least in this they’d been correct, placing the graveyard here, a silence that had stood its ground. The air had a bite. I breathed deeply, remained in one spot, waiting to feel the peace that is supposed to descend upon the dead, waiting to see the light that hangs above the fields of the landscapist’s lament.
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