“Some kids at school thought she was weird, but she didn’t care at all.” (28) This is how David Shannon describes his character CamillaCream at the end of the book A Bad Case of Stripes, but this was not always the case for Camilla Cream. In fact, at the beginning of this book, Camilla is afraid of being different and even denies eating her favorite food, lima beans, to fit in. It takes a serious case of the scratches, cured only by being true to herself and her love of lima beans, to teach her not to care that others might find her weird. This story by Camilla Cream creatively demonstrates that a person should be who they want to be despite what others might think. Camilla's stripes demonstrate this theme by representing her concern for what others think of her. As Camilla tries on outfit after outfit to try to look perfect for the first day of school, the author reveals that Camilla never eats lima beans, even though she loves them, simply because she wants to fit in. to his friends who hate them. "Camilla always worried about what people thought of her,” ...