Is life a game

Life is not a game although sometimes people like to treat it like one. You cant go through life acting like nothing really matters and that you dont really care about anything. In real life there is no restarting levels or cheat codes to help you out everything you do is stuck with you for the rest of your life. Now this doesnt mean that you always have to be serious and never have fun it just means that there is a time and a place for everything. So one of the main things that holden should do is make sure that he graduates high school and gets a good graduation while he still can because after a while things are going to start catching up on him and he is going to be lost and not know what to do for the rest of his life.

What does it mean to be true to yourself

In the story Holden is always calling people phonys witch means fakes. He dosent like when people are phonys because he says they are not being true to themselfs. An example from the story is when he talks about how his old principle used to go around shaking all the parents hands and when he saw a parent that was a little bit over weight or messy he would put on a fake smile shake their hand quikly then go have a 20 minute conversation with one of the other parents. If someone asked me what I thought it ment to be true to yourself i would tell them that you should always follow your dreams no matter what other people think and you should always tell people how you feel and dont do stuff just because people say its cool. Also think about the things that are most important to you in your life and always put them first. For me that would be my family and friends I would do anything for them and always put them first.