Desert and sun?
The sun is being personified as it is given human-like qualities of being able to "beat down" on the people walking through the desert.
The shiny pair of high heels is being personified as if they are calling out to Monica, giving them human-like qualities of being able to speak and get her attention as she walks through the store.
Example sentence - Our car broke down after we drove through the desert.
It was a scorching day, so we spent most of it at the beach.
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The wind. The wind is given human features -- gripped and finger tips
In this sentence, the wind is being personified. Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to something non-human, in this case, the wind is described as having fingers and the ability to grip Sheila in a frigid manner.
The Man Who Walked Through Time was created in 1968.
They walked in the desert for 40 years so at least 40
Let's break the sentence down. You'll find that Jamie is the subject, and walked is the verb. Where did Jamie walk? Jamie walked through the dark alley. That is a prepositional phrase, and through is the proposition.
strolled into
Walk through, walk over or walk under. The opposite will always involve doing the thing that walking around it would avoid."We walked around the lake""We walked through the lake""We walked around the mountain""We walked over the mountain""We walked around the ladder""We walked under the ladder"