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What Is Camilla's Inner Beauty?
This story is about a girl who does not want to reveal her inner self, and tries to change her outer self, so she can be liked by other people. The main character, Camilla tries to change herself from the outer side by trying 42 outfits. In my opinion , I would rather wear clothes, I am comfortable in instead of trying to impress others, as beauty lies in the eyes of a beholder(we all have an opinion on what beauty means). Camilla wants to please people because in the story when she got stripes people called out colors and she changed as people wanted her to be. This tells clearly that Camilla wants people to like her in a different way instead of letting people like her the way she is as beauty isn't about having a pretty face. It is about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and most importantly a beautiful soul. Instead of being famous Camilla became a victim, when t.v news channels found out about the bizarre color changing child. The Doctors treated her physically, but not ecologically, because in the story when Mr. Bumble gave Camilla the ointment, which was to calm her down. Then he brought the specialist, and then the experts, and at the end she became a room. This all …show more content…
They said look at the outlandish, bizarre kid in our class. During the pledge of the U.S, Camilla all of a sudden turns into the U.S flag. After that people in her class started saying that she would like some purple polka dot, and Camilla changed fast as you change channels on the television. After everyone left for home, Mrs. Cream got a call from the principal, saying that her daughter is a distraction for the students, and that she got a bunch of phone calls from other parents saying that this can affect their children. Camilla eavesdropped her mom talking to the principal, and was whispering to herself that two days people liked her and now they can't stand in the same room as hers. Camila was

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