Answer: It is a two sided situation. If you don't want the place where you grow up to have influence in some specific areas of your life, it is possible. But some of the experiences you have gotten or have encountered in the place you grow up would always stick but it would help you make better life decisions in the future.
Explanation: Some of the event that has happened where you grow up would always be remembered but the mind is a powerful tool, if you decide not to be influenced by your environment it would so.
You didn't italicize anything.
However, I can assume that <em>a three-act farce </em>is italicized, and if that is the case, then this is an appositive phrase.
Answer:
Insert the word “its” after “run“ and before “course”
Explanation:
Put a semicolon because it is 2 independent clauses
