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Shoes as the symbol of adulthood?

posted 9 years ago by jmate076
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So Charlie gives her some heels for her birthday and putting them on is all sexy for both India and Charlie... so we get that these heels are a symbol of adulthood for India and her sexual awakening.

Then when India is leaving the house at the very end of the movie, we see she's taken most of her mother's shoes and left her various sneakers. Is this just solidifying the above? If she hates her mother so much, why is she stepping into her shoes? The metaphor seems slightly confused...

[–] Jameron 9 years ago

"Then when India is leaving the house at the very end of the movie, we see she's taken most of her mother's shoes and left her various sneakers" - jmate076

The boxes we see on India's bed in those scenes are the same boxes that were arranged around India earlier on in the film, when she lay on her side with the camera above her. They contain all the shoes that Charlie had sent her for her birthdays, throughout the years. She doesn't take her mother's shoes. The symbolism is in keeping with her leaving her childhood behind and embracing her adulthood.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3tGxnFKfE

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[–] Sadess 9 years ago

This is just an idea, but there's a Korean superstition saying that you should never give shoes as a gift to someone you love as they will run away and leave you. Which is basically what happens with Charlie and India.

[–] Jameron 9 years ago

"This is just an idea, but there's a Korean superstition saying that you should never give shoes as a gift to someone you love as they will run away and leave you. Which is basically what happens with Charlie and India." - Sades

Interesting.

That's the same with house elves, I'm lead to believe. 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3tGxnFKfE

http://tinyurl.com/LTROI-story