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Answer:
When the author says "was not motivated by literary ambition", the author means that they did not have anything to write about something that happened. Basically they didn't have much to go off of.
Well, personification is adding human attributes to non-living things. EX: "The sun glared angrily at me." The sun isn't able to "glare angrily" so therefore that is personification. Hope this helps. :)