The boy influences the crystal merchant by following his or her dreams the boy is even teaching him andalusia and sheperding, notice how he also tells the merchant take a chance and seize the opportunity.
In the story "The Crucible", Abigail convinces Mary to rejoin her group by pretending to become bewitched by Mary. Abigail did not act on her own. Under her lead, other girls also pretended to become bewitched by Mary. They emotionally blackmailed Mary to rejoin their group to save herself from death.
Francis Bacon was the first to compose an essay