Conforming to the world

It is inevitable that we conform to the world and society around us. It is impossible to live in a world and not eventually become like everyone else around us. Phoniness is a disease that spreads through the air like the flu. In "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, even Holden who constantly criticizes phoniness, makes arrangements to go to the movies in Chapter 5, something he says he can't stand to do because he says it is so phony. We all will eventually succumb to the phoniness that surrounds us.