Athird figure of speech twain uses to good effect is personification. when you represent a thing, quality, or idea as if it were a human person, you are using personification. familiar examples are mother nature, jack frost, and uncle sam. this story contains good examples of personification in the description of andrew jackson, the dog, and dan'l webster, the frog. both are given some human qualities.
list one example from the descriptions of these animals that shows them to be human, at least in simon wheeler's opinion.

Excerpt from an enemy of the people henrik ibsen mrs. stockmann. (turns to the hall door, listening.) i expect that is mr. hovstad coming. billing. very likely. (peter stockmann comes in. he wears an overcoat and his official hat, and carries a stick.) peter stockmann. good evening, katherine. mrs. stockmann (coming forward into the sitting-room). ah, good evening--is it you? how good of you to come up and see us! peter stockmann. i happened to be passing, and into the dining-room). but you have company with you, i see. mrs. stockmann (a little embarrassed). oh, no--it was quite by chance he came in. (hurriedly.) won't you come in and have something, too? peter stockmann. i! no, you. good gracious--hot meat at night! not with my digestion, when peter stockmann enters, what does his physical appearance to reveal about his character?