Not disagreeing - do you have sauce on this interpretation? I’d like to read it.  I did know about the shoes (silver in book/ruby in film).  I’ve heard other interpretations of this movie/book and it’s themes as well. After amount of time that has passed since the book was written and the movie made you have: 1)original writer’s intended political/social satire  2)the film’s interpretation of this or modification to make another statement  3)and how the imagery and themes of both the book and the movie have been used to represent all kinds of ideas over the years - the images and themes are now pop culture references that are used over and over