Answer:
I think that the answer is was
James Granger was based off of a real life figure named James Rorimer, who was a Curator. Hope this helps
The answer is personification
Why?:
Personification- when a thing or an animal acts like humans
In this case landscape "listens", they don' t listen and then Shadows "holds" their breath, Shadows can't HOLD THEIR BREATH!!
I hope this helps!