True because when making a relationship story many often experience a lot of emotions and gain many things from relationships therefore you have many more details involved while making that story
hi i'm from philippines and you where are you from?
I believe it means self government. If I remember right from that book, there was basically no government, so that means they had to take care of themselves because of no food, water, etc (until the end of course). I hope this helped. I wasn't too sure about this question, so hopefully its right!
The figurative language is personification
