Personification.
The sun here is given a quality of a person
The answer to your question is: Some strong examples that show why the subject is important to the narrator. Hope I have helped.
"Blessed are the peacemakers." Rulers want to promote the protection of their country and subjects to their citizens. A ruler would want to influence their subjects to protect and serve their country. By claiming that the peacemaker of the countries are "blessed", the ruler is pushing the idea that those who enlist to serve their country become better in the eyes of their ruler and God. The specific use of the word "blessed" shows that there was religious motivation in the creation of the Coat of Arms. This religious meaning would promote more people to support the ruler by enlisting as peacemakers.
For many years the race was used as a marker of difference among peoples. Meaning to say that race was a marker for the hierarchy of people. Identify in your text which context involves Rodriguez. Does the character have easy-to-identify physical features? What does this represent in the text your teacher recommended? Reflect how Rodriguez's body markers make a difference in his life. And see how these differences find space for him to feel like a person. These aspects will help you understand how some people use race or ethnicity as the primary form of building their identity.
