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What Does It Mean To Be True To Yourself Analysis

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What does it mean to be true to yourself ? In this story, I think Maggie doesn’t be true to herself, because she still live in the shadow of the fire burns. The fire burned their house. The quilt has different meaning to Dee and Maggie. Be true to yourself is to get something you want without caring about what others think of you. Maggie The reason I think Maggie doesn’t be true to herself is that she is so unconfident. She think her sister is perfect and because of that she doesn’t have the courage to get what she wants. She is afraid to try new things so she follows her mom and grandma. Maggie is also nervous around her sister. When her sister argued for the quilt with her mom, she decided to give the quilt to her sister. The reason that

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