The Sorrows want the Lucera, the spiritual leader of the shadowshapers, to become one with them and "set them free." And shadowshapers are humans who can put spirits into the things that they create (art, stories, etc.) and make their creations come to life. But that's just about all we learn
They create and add suspense throughout the story, making the rising action mysterious and different so that once you hit the climax, what you thought was going to happen is completely different than what did
First person point of view is mostly talking about yourself, meanwhile in a story there will be a lot of I's. Like, "I love the game." "I like candy." First person point of view is yourself.
No, because we don't know who grew up in Alabama.