Question

Personification is a literary device by which an object, animal, or idea is give human attributes to more clearly communicate mood or emotion or give a clearer picture of an image. For instance, “The sun smiled,” gives the sun the human ability to smile and communicate warmth and benevolence. Give three examples of personification from the last three paragraphs of chapter 18.

Answer 1

Found one:  The great black forest--stern as it showed itself to those who brought the guilt and troubles of the world into its bosom--became the playmate of the lonely infant, as well as it knew how.