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Some of what I could think of (assuming that you already watched the movie):

  1. When Carl throws all of the stuff out of his house and chases after Charles Muntz to save Kevin, they show the two couches that Carl and Ellie used to sit on all the time when Ellie was alive. He threw it out. That symbolizes Carl's obsession to get his house safely to the falls. See, after he threw out the couches, he wasn't so obsessed. Before that, he would do anything to get his house safely to the falls. For example when Charles captured Kevin, he put the net around Kevin and set Carl's house on fire. Carl had to choose between saving his house or saving Kevin. He chose his house because his first priority was to get the house to the falls. If you notice, Carl was really obsessed with going to the falls, like I remember him saying, "We're going to the falls, wether you like it or not!" or something like that to Russell. Well once he got there he realized that it wasn't what he thought of it to be, and when Carl saw the note that Ellie left in their adventure book, he realized that it was better to give up his obsession and have some fun. And generally, he was more happy once he gave up his obsession. For example, the only time he laughed and was actually smiling was during the climax where he went to save Kevin.
  2. The second symbol I could find was the house itself. At the end of the climax, when Carl loses his house, Russell says, "Sorry about your house, Mr. Fredrickson," and Carl responds by saying, "You know what, it's just a house." Once again, it symbolizes that Carl gave up his obsession.

You can really tell that I love this movie :) It's my second favorite pixar movie (1st is Monsters, Inc.)

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15y ago

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