Most of Lutie Johnson’s relationship to the city is detailed before Lutie enters the story. The paragraphs before Lutie comes into the story contain the bulk of the personification, detail, and imagery that Petry uses to sum up Johnson’s cold, but understanding relationship with the city in which she lives. From the second paragraph on, the author uses personification to describe the wind’s wrath. It stirs up trash, dirt, dust, and messes with people’s hats, jackets, and shoes. It generally makes walking in the city an unpleasant experience. The city’s wind isn’t a warm, benevolent breeze, it is a freezing torrent of hate and bitterness, ruining everyone who dares to venture into the street’s day.This extensive personification highlights