What literary devices would be used for chapters 16-28 in touching spirit bear? And y it's a literary device?

In these chapters anger is personified -the use of personification.Anger is personified in multiple .For example, the cerise at the freezing pond where Edwin has to use the stick to fight his anger. And also through the ancestor rock that cole must carry up the hill.and animal imagery plays a significant role in these chapters as well.