Are the following two statements an example of personification if not explain
(These statements are from To Kill A Mockingbird)
- "In the balcony, the Negroes sat and stood around us with biblical patience."
-"The old courthouse clock suffered its preliminary strain and struck the hour, eight deafening bongs that shook our bones."

reading poetry is challenging when you don't have or very little of social context and culture schema.

solution: read the introduction, the norm, or even explaination if you still dont get it.

what are the statements?

the negative way that it shaped life was by having a feudal system where only the nobles and the christian church while it was oppressive to the peasants and specially to women. the positive way that it shape life is by introducing the artisan class when the feudal system fell. it change the attitudes towards religion and it also introduced what was known as knightly chivalry.

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