I think the meaning of the phrase would be that she sees that food and education doesnt give her the gratification trendy apparel does. im not sure about what the context clues are but this should give you an idea. sorry i couldnt fully answer this.
Answer:
Athanasius thought of the gold as an opportunity to help people whereas John fled from the scene as if he was being chased by a monster thinking that taking gold out of somewhere was a sin.
Explanation:
Athanasius wanted to take the gold as he saw no sin in helping the neighbor population with it but everything John felt was fear as soon as he saw the gold.
John was a man of simple ethics and lifestyle and didn't want any complications to his life.
Athanasius was a man of his own doings and always liked to think otherwise. He believed the bag of gold was a gift from an angel.
John believed in changing things for people by on's hard work and determination.
Both the brothers varied with different perspectives on life.
The personification in this is “But here and there a few cars groaning creep...” the idea this personification gives about New York is probably that New York is [obviously] just waking up and people are starting to drive their cars around the city.
