Going Places
Contrast Sophie’s real world with her fantasies.
Sophie is a girl of day dreaming and fantasing nature. She had a close friend named Jansie. While returning from their way back to house form school, both discussed their possibilities to do some after schooling. Sophie’s flight took off from boutique to shop-manager to an actress-cum-boutique owner to a fashion designer. Even then both the girls were earmarked for a biscuit factory.
Like every young girl, Sophie also fancied that the world was prepared to greet her. She also had in her fancies a strong feeling of knowing the unknown, seeing the unseen and even meeting and welcoming the strangers. Though her father forbade her yet she expected Geoff to acquaint her to all new and strange things, people and places. She fancied the world greeting and applauding them.
Finally in her fantasizing she had a lover Danny Casey in her mind. She visited the perfect place for lovers and sat on the solitary wooden bench under the tree. She waited for her lover coming out of shadows but there was no sign of him. She became burdened with sadness. Thus Sophie’s real world-dreams and fansies as well as disappointments were all of her own creations.
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How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?
Which country did Danny Casey play for?
Why did not Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
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Why did Sophie not want Jansie to know anything about her meeting with Danny Casey?Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey?
Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?
Sophie and Jansie were classmates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?
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What were the differences between Sophia and Jansie that show up in the story 'Going Places'.How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?
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Describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father as seen in ‘Going Places'.
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Describe the character of Sophia's father and the role played by him.
Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolize?
What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of her family’s financial status?
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