“…shadows were dancing across the collapsing walls as if it was a dance fit for the spirits”

Non human – “…shadows were dancing across…”

Human – “… A dance fit for the spirits…”

The clock was creeping along the hours as a ninja being a ninja

“Time snuck by”

Non human – Time

Human – snuck

“The funeral raced by mr by in a blur”

Non human – Funeral

Human  – raced

” The car was suffering on a winters morning”

Non human – car

Human – suffering

“Time waits for no man ”

Non human – Time

Human – waits

“The car was suffering on a winters morning”

Qualities – Pain, uneasy, struggle, cold

“… A road where New India  collided with Old India and made new India late.”

Non human – Collided

Human – New India

Qualities –  Accident, conflict, overpower, violence

Katherine Boo used personification to make the point about Annawadi that it’s a liability on the New India. Katherine Boo describes Annawadi as a poorer, more vulnerable person, in a bigger, richer world.