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UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Explore what might cause someone to fall under an influence.

Who is the person, and what is the influence they have fallen under? Is it a human influence? Or something else? An intoxicant of some kind? How does being under this influence affect the person?

Why are they susceptible to it?

What do they think it will offer them? Is this a distorted perspective? Write a passage of prose or poetry that illustrates the process of someone falling under the influence

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