The First Man-Made Method of Transportation

It's just a normal day. You wake up, get ready, and rush out the door. An everyday occurrence, yet without one simple object this daily routine would be drastically different. Consider what you would do on a cold snowy day, or a wet, rainy day without shoes. What would you do when working in the weedy, rocky yard without shoes? A lack of shoes instantly makes itself known when you step out on the icy cold ground or tread on a nice prickly bush. But so what, you say. After all, shoes only take us practically everywhere we go. There are only entire stores dedicated to them. Shoes may seem so insignificant, but they are a window into human progression, creativity, and tastes.

A shoe is classified by Dictionary.com as “an external covering for the human foot, usually . . . consisting of a . . . stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.” Shoes come in all colors, as in white, black, red, and blue; and sizes, ranging from baby shoes to size 15s, and even higher. They also are available in a plethora of styles, from formal to sports to around the house, and shapes, including boxy, round, skinny, wide, and even foot-fitting. There are many varieties of shoes, like sneakers, high-heels, tennis-shoes, and slippers. For almost any occasion, a shoe can be the finishing touch of an outfit. Shoes complete the uniform of a dancer, provide the professional look of a business person, keep a boatman from the cold, and protect a cowboy from the wear of the saddle or the stabbing of cactus needles. Imagine how ridiculous a banker would look in sneakers or how poorly a boatman would perform in slippers.

Shoes are known to have been utilized since the early history of man. These shoes ...

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... people: they allow the runner to run faster, the dancer to dance longer, the aspiring job-seeker to look better and get the position, and the hiker to hike safer. Yet shoes are so common, so everyday, that few people ever really think about them except to choose which pair to buy. Most people never consider their shoes as art, but in reality they are. As a painting expresses the feelings of the artist, so the shoes reveal the personality of the wearer. Shoes may appear so lifeless, but they offer a glimpse into the progression, creativity, and tastes of both the wearer in particular and the human race in general.

Works Cited

Dictionary.com. Shoe. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 19 December, 2011.

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Shoe. Wikipedia.com. The Wikimedia Foundation, 8 December 2011. Web. 19 December 2011.

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