Hurston frequently uses personification in her descriptions of the natural world. Find one example of personification from the first chapter.

"The porch couldn't talk for looking" is another example of personification from the first chapter.

Explanation:

The name of the concept of 'personification' itself elaborates on the idea behind the concept as it clarifies that personification means assigning human attributes to things that are inanimate in nature and 'personifying' the object. Through personification, the narrations can be made more articulate by expanding the margins of interaction between the animate and inanimate things involved in the scene.