All I know is that it’s interrogative because the author asks a question to the reader.
Answer:
yes always alive here........ to talk
“I could taste the blood running through my teeth”
“Skin fighting isn’t rough. It blows off steam better than anything”
“Two-bits dancing gray eyes were stormy”
“There was a silent moment when everything held its breath”
“And even as the policemen’s gun spit fire into the night, Dally raised the gun”
These are examples of personification.
Hope this helps.
I just reply to someone else like this is ado point of view, setting and perspective