Actually, telling stories is more important than wearing shoes.
Just like an adventurer in a fairy tale, I went to a place where I didn't worry about eating and drinking, and the people there were very comfortable. If he stays, he will become a complacent, lazy and mediocre person, so the adventurer resolutely leaves.
Ghost town is a paradise. Jenny hung Edward's shoes on the rope in the hope that he would stay. In order to show the hero's ambition, honesty and anxiety, the story designs a heavy sugar-coated cannonball. However, this did not stop Edward, who chose to continue his adventure barefoot.
A little deeper, we can also think of Sakyamuni, a Buddhist teacher. Before he became a Buddha, he was a prince when he was an ordinary man. He went out to travel, but all kinds of temptations on the way didn't stop him. Under the guidance of "karma", he came to hell, repaid his sin of kicking his mother's head, and had the following: "If the hot iron wheel rotates on my top, it will not suffer bodhi."
Whether driven by one's own will or doomed by nature, the subject is one's own preference.
Besides, Edward's adventures are not all true, because life is higher than life. Do you choose "ordinary real events" or "exquisite stories of fish and wedding rings"?