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A header on a page is worn like a hat on the head. It is there as a part of a uniform that can indicate the wearers job, the books title and the stage of development in the narrative. A header, or a hat is adorned for various reasons, for safety, as embellishment, or even as an aid to navigation. The reader looks to the head as a space that typically describes the identity of the person and their narrative. The top provides clues to what chapter in their life they are in, what fashions the protagonist follows and how they desire their body to be read. It is the space the gaze first looks to for signs and signals, the hat you wear may be judged as the title you give yourself and the chapter in your life you are living from. The words on the page, like the person below the hat, however, cannot be judged alone from what is simply worn on top.

From the top to the bottom the whole body provides an insight into the narrative and person within.

A shoe might therefore be seen in a similar way to a footer in a book. The shoe, a form of footwear, has taken various forms through time from culture to culture, yet at its core the shoes usage and appearance is tied to function. This notion of functionality is reflected in the purpose of a footer at the bottom of a page, initially reserved for page numbers the footer functions as a time stamp in the readers progression of the narrative. The book is worn down like the sole of a shoe by the increases of the count page by page and step by step. At the end the shoe and the footer are deemed redundant as the journey of the narrative ends.