The scholar stone is meant to represent both the hope for upward social mobility, in a vein similar to the American Dream, and the burden of carrying such hopes, to the point that it literally bashes in Ki-woo's skull after it gives away his location, allowing the housekeeper's husband to attack him. Before the sequence at the party, the stone also floats while in the sewage water for Ki-woo to find, suggesting for that scene that it's fake and hollow and cannot be used to dream of a better life, foreshadowing that it will be Ki-woo's, and the family's, downfall.
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05-03-2025 alle ore 09:04