Are You Ready Boots?

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Are You Ready Boots? Summary 1) The short story "Are You Ready, Boots?" starts in Barneys shoe department in New York. Here the main character Lulu is trying on some boots that she really loves! For two months’ rent, she buys the boots, but at the time she got back to London, she felt so sick and ashamed about buying these very expensive boots. The first time she decides to wear her perfect boots – six months after she bought them – she happily finds her perfect man, Charlie. Or so she thinks. In the beginning everything seems perfect. He did everything to make her happy. But after a little while Lulu starts doubting her feelings for Charlie. Especially after her friend Spencer asks if he is just a little bit too boring for her. Charlie proposes to Lulu, and despite her doubts she accepts his proposal. The same night as Charlie proposed, Lulu puts on the boots to see, if Charlie recognizes them. He does, and he tells her that he thinks they are tarty. Then Lulu realizes, that Charlie is just a "handsome ass" and she prepares to escape. 2) Lulu lives in England and is a very impulsive and modern young woman – after all, she did spend two months’ worth of rent on a pair of boots. She seems to be like a typical city girl who likes shopping, goings out with friends and so on. The traditional female role doesn’t suit her and neither does this perfect boyfriend with his perfect family, perfect friends and perfect life. Lulu is too independent for this and even though she enjoys it while they are together. The boots in this story seem to be an expression of Lulu’s more wild side – the modern side that makes life fun for her and makes her feel like she can take on the world. They make her feel like a Bond girl. 3) I don’t think that you should judge people by which clothes they are wearing. I think that everyone
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