Question

*THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD* HELP!

Answer 1

Personification is when you give human like traits to non living items. (if you still cant figure it out, let me know and Ill help you out)

Answer 2

Personification is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
"He had seen death coming and had stood his ground and fought like a natural man." is the mule fighting like a man against death but mules can't fight like men, they are mules, they fight like mules.
That is probably your answer.