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Memoir 'Under The Influence'

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Under the Influence I think that the memoir “Under the Influence was a great read. The speaker is really captivating with lots of great insights of his upbringing. It was also disheartening to hear a child feel confused of his father’s illness and to feel compel to do everything right in order to please his father because he believes his fathers drinking might have something to do with him. The truth of the matter is that this is a daily occurrence in many young children’s lives and in reading this passage I got a better understanding of how this can affect young children. Not only as a child but also into adult hood as well, and can even have some kind of effect on their children. The influence of alcohol can have many bad side affects if
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