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What Does It Mean To Be True To Yourself?

To be true to yourself, you must do what you feel is right. You shouldn't conform to what others see as cool or correct. Being who you are is more important than being who others want you to be. If you don't agree to something that your friends and/or family are doing, then you should not have to do it. It's important to act as you will, it's not possible to follow in the exact same footsteps as your parents or friends. For example: A few years ago, I was getting into things I personally didn't like because my friends did it to. I later found that this was not what I wanted to do and I found music. Since that time I have been doing what I found interesting and made me who I was.
In the book, "Catcher In The Rye", the protagonist, Holden, isn't really like anyone else because he doesn't try in school, and he's flunked out of 4 schools already. Also Holden has a lot of annoyances like phonies who are people who aren't true to themselves. Now is Holden being true to himself? I'm not completely sure since we're only three chapters into the book. But once we are further through the book, I'm convinced that Holden's character is going to change. However, there is a person in the book that seems to do what he likes to do. His name is Ackley. Ackley seems to really like annoying people by looking through their personal belongings and just being a straight up pest. But the main thing is... he is doing what he loves even though no one else likes it. He is not conforming to others but peoples characters do change and we may see a different Ackley by the end of the book.