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Sabrina, the Larrabee’s chauffeur’s daughter, had delicate and quiet attributes prior to her pursuit to Paris. Her adventure to Paris revolved around the idea of trying to forget about her love for David and begin again. Once home again, she had changed most of her original aspects. An array of characteristics changed about Sabrina during her exploit to Paris. She altered her personality, style, and attitude towards people, which inturn revamped her life and happiness drastically.
Sabrina displayed herself as remotely shy, quiet, and fairly unnoticed before Paris. Sabrina kept herself hidden from the sophisticated individuals that her father worked for. Once she could not bare to face her love for David Larrabee anymore, she moved away to Paris. While in Paris working for a photography business, Sabrina began to develop into a completely different person. Once she arrived back home from Paris, Sabrina reflected one of the sophisticated people she once hid from. She arrived back a new person. Sabrina gave off characteristics of outgoingness, confidence, and somewhat flirtiness. She had changed remarkably causing David to not recognize her.
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She wore glasses, loose clothing, and wore her long, straggly hair as if she had only brushed it. Sabrina’s appearance matched her shy and unrevealing personality. Once she returned home from Paris, all that people knew of Sabrina had changed. She now cared about her appearance and how she represented herself to others. She cut her hair short and styled it. Sabrina lost the glasses and instead wore make-up. If that did not do enough to make her unrecognizable, Sabrina now wore stylish, sophisticated, and fitting clothing that appealed to

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