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GOING PLACES
SUMMARY

Sophie and Jansie, two school girls, were coming home from school.
Sophie declared that she was going to have a boutique. Jansie looked
doubtful as something like that took money. Sophie said that she would
find it. Jansie observed that it would take a long time to save that much.
Sophie said she would be a manager till then. Jansie pointed out that they
would not make her manager straight off. However, Sophie persisted in
her fantasising. She said that she would be like Mary Quant. She would

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have the most amazing shop in that city.

Jansie knew that they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory. She

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became melancholy and wished Sophie wouldn’t say those things. She
told Sophie to be sensible. They didn’t pay well for shop work.

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Moreover, her dad would never allow it.

Sophie changed track. She said that she would become an actress. There

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was real money in that field. She could also have boutique as side
business as actresses did not work full time. Alternatively, she would

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become a fashion designer-something a bit sophisticated.

“If ever I come into money I’ll buy a boutique,” she said, entering the
house. Little Derek, who was hanging on to the back of his father’s chair,
remarked, “She thinks money grows on trees, don’t she, Dad?” Their
mother sighed. Sophie watched her back stooped over the sink. The
small room was steamy from the stove and cluttered with the
heavy-breathing man in his vest at the table and the dirty washing piled
up in the corner. Sophie felt a tightening in her throat. She went to look
for her brother Geoff.

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Geoff was three years out of school. He was an apprentice mechanic. He


travelled to his work each day to the far side of the city. He was kneeling
on the floor in the next room and tinkering with a part of his motor cycle.
Geoff was almost grown up now. She suspected areas of his life about
which she knew nothing, about which he never spoke. He seemed to be
away somewhere, in those places she had never seen. These places
attained a special fascination simply because they were unknown to her
and remained out of her reach. She wished she could be admitted more

impatient.

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deeply into her brother’s affections and that someday he might take her
with him. She knew that Geoff thought her too young but she felt

Sophie told Geoff that she had met Danny Casey in the Arcade. Geoff

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did not believe her and asked if she had told Dad. Geoff asked her how
Casey looked like. She said that he had green, gentle eyes but he was not

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very tall. Geoff told his father that Sophie had met Danny Casey.

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Sophie wriggled. Her father looked at her with disdain. He considered
Casey too young for the first team. Sophie then said that Danny Casey
told her that he was going to buy a shop. Her father dismissed it as
another of her wild stories. He did not believe her yarn. He warned her
that she was going to talk herself into a load of trouble someday.

In Geoff’s room Sophie looked at the large poster of United’s first team
squad. It had a row of coloured photographs beneath. Three of them
were of the young Irish prodigy, Casey. Sophie asked Geoff to promise
he would not tell anyone about her meeting Casey and asking him for
autograph for Derek.

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Since neither of them had any paper or a pen, he asked her to come to
meet him next week. She promised to do so. Geoff said that it was the
most unlikely thing he had ever heard.

On Saturday, they went to watch United. Their team won two-nil and
Casey drove in the second goal. Sophie glowed with pride. Geoff was
ecstatic.

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Next week Jansie asked Sophie what she had been talking about meeting
Danny Casey. She promised to keep it a secret. Sophie said that her

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father would quarrel with her if he heard about it. Sophie realised that
Geoff had not told her about the date.

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After dark she walked by the canal. She sat down on a wooden bench
beneath a solitary elm to wait. For sometime, she imagined his coming.

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Some more time passed. She began to think that Danny might not come.
She felt sad. Others would doubt her. Geoff would be disappointed.

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She climbed the steps to the street. Outside the pub, she noticed her
father’s bicycle propped against the wall. She was glad he would not be
there when she got home. Coming through the arcade she pictured
Danny Casey again outside Royce’s. She saw his gentle, gazelle like
eyes. She kept waiting in the arcade alone for a long time remembering
the soft melodious voice, the shimmer of green eyes.

Then Sophie remembered another vision. Last Saturday she had seen
Casey moving past the defenders without making a sound and kicking
the ball into the goal. She remembered the thunderous applause made by
fifty thousand supporters.

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Question 1.
“Damn that Geoff, this was a Geoff thing not a Jansie thing.” Why did
Sophie say so?
Answer:
Sophie had cooked up the story of her meeting with Danny Casey to
impress Geoff who was a great fan of the football prodigy. She knew this
news would be of great interest to her brother. She had also thought her
brother would keep her secret. She did not want Jansie, who was ‘nosey’,

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to know about this. So when Geoff told Jansie, Sophie cursed him
because she knew Jansie would spread her story in the entire

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neighbourhood.

Question 2.

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Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person?
Answer:

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For Sophie, her brother Geoff was the only person who listened to her
fantasies and long cherished dreams. She only trusted Geoff to keep all
her secrets to himself.

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Question 3.
Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
Answer:
Jansie told Sophie that Geoff had given her the news of her (Sophie’s)
meeting with Danny Casey. Sophie cursed Geoff for telling Jansie this
because it was meant to be something special between Geoff and her. ‘It
wasn’t the jansie kind of thing at all’. Jansie was ‘nosey’ and now the
whole neighbourhood would come to know her story.

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Question 4.
What did Sophie tell Geoff about her meeting with Danny Casey? (All
India 2010)
Answer:
Sophie told Geoff that she had met Danny Casey, the wonder footballer.
As she was looking at the clothes in a shop’s window Casey came and
stood beside her. Geoff did not believe her. Sophie then went on to tell
him that Casey had green and gentle eyes and he was not very tall.

Question 5.

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Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
(Delhi 2011)
Answer:

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Sophie did not want Jansie to know anything about her meeting with
Danny Casey because she knew Jansie was good at spreading rumours.

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Telling anything to Jansie was like telling the whole town. Sophie had
made up this story only for her family and she did not want this story to
spread in the town.

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Question 6.
Did Geoff keep his promise to Sophie? How do you know? (Delhi 2011)
Answer:
No, Geoff did not keep his promise to Sophie. He told Sophie’s secret to
Jansie’s brother Frank who in turn told Jansie about it. We know this
because Jansie questions Sophie about her meeting with footballer,
Danny Casey and Sophie is startled that Jansie knows about this meeting.

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Question 7.
How did Sophie’s father react when Geoff told him about her meeting
with Danny Casey?
Answer:
When Geoff told their father about Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey
he did not believe it and suspected it was one of Sophie’s wild stories.
He was filled with disdain and did not want to encourage her in any way.
So he warned her to keep herself out of any kind of trouble.

Question 8.

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What thoughts came to Sophie’s mind as she sat by the canal?
Answer:
Sophie considers the spot along the canal the best place for a date, as it is

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away from the rush of the city. As she sits by the canal she is lost in the
world of her dreams. She imagines Casey coming along the river and her

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own excitement thereafter.

Question 9.

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Which was the only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in
person?
Answer:
The only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person was
when she had gone to see the football match with her family. Sitting
among the spectators, she saw Danny Casey from a distance.

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Question 10.
Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from enter¬taining thoughts about the
sports-star, Danny Casey?
Answer:
Jansie is a practical girl who lives in the real world. She knows that
Danny Casey, a sports- star is far beyond Sophie’s dreams and
imagination. So she discourages Sophie from entertaining any kind of
wild thoughts about him.

Question 11.
Did Geoff keep his promise? How do you know?
Answer:

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No, Geoff did not keep his promise. He told Frank about Sophie’s

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meeting with Danny Casey though he had promised her he would not
disclose it. Even Jansie came to know about it. Sophie was happy to

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know that Geoff had at least not revealed the date of her meeting with
Casey.

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Question 12.
Why did Sophie not want Jansie to know any¬thing about her meeting
with Danny Casey?
Answer:
Sophie did not want Jansie to know anything about her meeting with
Danny Casey because she knew Jansie was good at spreading rumours.
Telling anything to Jansie was like telling the whole town. Sophie had
made up this story only for her family and she did not want this story to
spread in the town.

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SUMMARY
Question 13.
What do you think of Sophie’s dream about her career?
Answer:
Sophie’s dreams of her future life are far removed from her reality. She
dreams of owning a boutique, of becoming an actress but the fact was
that she was earmarked for the biscuit factory. Sophie drifts into a world
of fantasy and wants to live her dreams by stepping out of her
middle-class status.

Question 14.

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Though Sophie and Jansie were good friends, how were they basically
different from each other?
Answer:

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Although Sophie and Jansie were good friends they were completely
different from each other.

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Sophie lived in a world of dreams and fantasy, a world which was far
removed from reality. Jansie, on the other hand, was a sensible and
realistic girl who was grounded to her reality.

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Question 15.
Why did Sophie want to keep her story with Danny a secret from Jansie?
Answer:
Sophie did not want Jansie to know anything about her meeting with
Danny Casey because she knew Jansie was good at spreading rumours.
Telling anything to Jansie was like telling the whole town. Sophie had
made up this story only for her family and she did not want this story to
spread in the town.

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Question 16.
Why did Sophie like her brother, Geoff more than any other person?
Answer:
For Sophie, her brother Geoff was the only person who listened to her
fantasies and long cherished dreams. She only trusted Geoff to keep all
her secrets to himself.

Question 17.

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Why was Sophie jealous of Geoff’s silence?
Answer:

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Sophie’s brother’s hallmark is his silence. Sophie feels “words have to be
prized out of him like stone out of the ground.” She is jealous of his
silence and is very keen to enter the recesses of his mind. There is so

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much about her brother that Sophie only suspects because she has never
really known anything about him.

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Question 18.
Did Geoff keep up his promise? How do you know?

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Answer:
No, Geoff did not keep his promise. He told Frank about Sophie’s
meeting with Danny Casey though he had promised her he would not
disclose it. Even Jansie came to know about it. Sophie was happy to
know that Geoff had at least not revealed the date of her meeting with
Casey.

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Question 19.
What is unrealistic about Sophie’s dreams of her future life?
Answer:
Sophie’s dreams of her future life are far removed from her reality. She
dreams of owning a boutique, of becoming an actress but the fact was
that she was earmarked for the biscuit factory. Sophie drifts into a world
of fantasy and wants to live her dreams by stepping out of her
middle-class status.

Question 20.

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Why does Jansie discourage Sophie from living in a world of fantasy?
Answer:
Jansie was a realistic and practical girl who knew both she and Sophie

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were earmarked for the biscuit factory. So she discouraged Sophie from
living in a world of fantasy. Whenever Sophie expressed her wishes

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aloud Jansie became melancholic and told Sophie to behave sensibly.

Question 21.

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Why did Sophie not want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
Answer:
Sophie did not want Jansie to know anything about her meeting with
Danny Casey because she knew Jansie was good at spreading rumours.
Telling anything to Jansie was like telling the whole town. Sophie had
made up this story only for her family and she did not want this story to
spread in the town.

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Question 22.
How do we know that Sophie’s family lived in poor circumstances?
Answer:
We know that Sophie’s family lived in poor circumstances as her father
worked hard as a manual labourer. Her mother’s back had become
crooked due to the burden of household work. Their house was rather
small, easily suffocated with steam from the stove.

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Question 23.
Why did Sophie want to be admitted into Geoff’s affections?

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Answer:
Geoff was an apprentice mechanic who traveled to the far side of the city
every day. Sophie wished she could be admitted into Geoff’s affections

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so that someday he might take her with him to meet those exotic and
interesting people whom he never spoke about.

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Question 24.
Whom did Sophie like more than anyone else in the story? Why?

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Answer:
Sophie liked her brother Geoff more than anyone else. She was most
fascinated by his evasiveness and wanted to travel with him to his
enigmatic world. Her brother’s lost and inquisitive eyes captivated her
and his silence intrigued her.

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Question 25.
Why did Sophie long for her brother’s affection?
Answer:
Sophie longed for her brother’s affection because she trusted him more
than any other member of her family. He symbolised freedom and she
wanted to be a part of his exotic and adventurous world. He was the only
one to whom she could look for approval as her father was critical and
disapproving and she hero- worshipped him.

Question 26.
How are Jansie and Sophie different from each other?
Answer:

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Although Jansie and Sophie are classmates and friends, their approach to

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life is completely different from each other. While Jansie is practical and
grounded to reality, Sophie lives in a make-believe world of her own,

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which she ‘invents’ in her imagination.

Question 27.

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Why is Sophie attracted to Danny Casey?
Answer:
Danny Casey is an Irish football prodigy and Sophie is attracted to him
because like most youngsters she idolizes and hero-worships him. So she
envisions her meetings with the football star and also gives vivid details
of their meetings.

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Question 28.
What was Sophie’s ambition in life? How did she hope to achieve that?
Answer:
Sophie’s ambition in life was either to have her own boutique and be a
fashion designer or to be an actress. She wanted to do something a bit
sophisticated. She hoped to achieve her ambition by being a manager at a
boutique to start with and then save enough money to have her own
boutique.

Question 29.
Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from hav-ing dreams?
Answer:

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Jansie was a realistic and practical girl who knew both she and Sophie

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were earmarked for the biscuit factory. So she discouraged Sophie from
living in a world of fantasy. Whenever Sophie expressed her wishes

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aloud Jansie became melancholic and told Sophie to behave sensibly.

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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)
Question 30.
Contrast Sophie’s real world with her fantasies.
Answer:
Sophie belongs to a lower middle class family and lives a humble life
with her parents and elder brother. But her dreams far supercede the
reality in which she is living. Her dreams are far beyond her reach. So
she wishes to open a boutique, entertains the idea of being an actress and
also aspires to be a fashion designer. Her dreamy disposition and

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romantic allusions lead her to hero-worship the wonder-footballer,
Danny Casey towards whom she develops a romantic fascination.

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Though she sees him only once in person she sits for hours imagining
Danny Casey coming to her. The incurable dreamer in her remains an
escapist who wants to remain away from her real world.

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Question 31.

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Describe the character of Sophie’s father and the role played by him.
Answer:
Sophie’s father is a happy-go-lucky and carefree man. He does not

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appear to be either soft or even sophisticated. He is a heavy breathing
man. He usually sits in his vest at the table. Sophie, it appears, fears him.
He does not believe in his daughter’s ‘wild stories’ and so he ignores her
completely and prefers to go and watch television than listen to her. Even
when his son Geoff tells him that Sophie had met the Irish prodigy
Danny Casey, he completely ignores this news. He is extremely
interested in football and, like all his children, he also adores Danny
Casey. He is a middle-class man who goes to the pub on his bicycle to
celebrate his team’s victory and the fact that Casey had scored a second
goal. He is a rather dominating person and a typical representation of the
lower middle-class family of that time.

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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)
Question 32.
Jansie is just as old as Sophie but she is very different from her. Bring
out the contrast between the two friends citing relevant instances from
the story, “Going Places”.
Answer:
Sophie and Jansie were classmates as well as friends. They both
belonged to lower middle- class families. But that is where their
similarity ends. There is a striking contrast between their characters.

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Sophie is a day-dreamer and Jansie is practical. Sophie lives in a world
of dreams and does not want to come out of this fairyland. She is an

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incurable escapist and dreams of having a boutique, becoming an actress
or a fashion designer. Jansie, on the other hand, is very grounded. Jansie
has her feet firmly planted on the ground and knows they are both

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‘earmarked for the biscuit factory’. She knows big things require big
money and experience which they lack desperately. She advises Sophie

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to be sensible and not entertain wild dreams. Sophie and Jansie’s
temperaments differ greatly. While Sophie shares her dreams only with
one person, her brother Geoff, Jansie on the other hand is nosey. She

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takes an interest in learning new things about others and can spread
stories in the whole neighbourhood.

Question 33.
Contrast Sophie’s real world with her fantasies.
Answer:
Sophie belongs to a lower middle class family and lives a humble life
with her parents and elder brother. But her dreams far supercede the
reality in which she is living. Her dreams are far beyond her reach.

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Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)

So she wishes to open a boutique, entertains the idea of being an actress


and also aspires to be a fashion designer. Her dreamy disposition and
romantic allusions lead her to hero-worship the wonder-footballer,
Danny Casey towards whom she develops a romantic fascination.
Though she sees him only once in person she sits for hours imagining
Danny Casey coming to her. The incurable dreamer in her remains an
escapist who wants to remain away from her real world.

Question 34.

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Compare and contrast Sophie and Jansie high¬lighting their
temperament and aspirations.
Answer:

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Sophie and Jansie were classmates as well as friends. They both
belonged to lower middle- class families. But that is where their

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similarity ends. There is a striking contrast between their characters.
Sophie is a day-dreamer and Jansie is practical. Sophie lives in a world

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of dreams and does not want to come out of this fairyland. She is an
incurable escapist and dreams of having a boutique, becoming an actress
or a fashion designer. Jansie, on the other hand, is very grounded. Jansie
has her feet firmly planted on the ground and knows they are both
‘earmarked for the biscuit factory’. She knows big things require big
money and experience which they lack desperately. She advises Sophie
to be sensible and not entertain wild dreams. Sophie and Jansie’s
temperaments differ greatly. While Sophie shares her dreams only with
one person, her brother Geoff, Jansie on the other hand is nosey. She
takes an interest in learning new things about others and can spread
stories in the whole neighbourhood.

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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)

Question 35.
Attempt a character sketch of Sophie as a woman who lives in her
dreams.
Answer:
Sophie belongs to a lower middle class family and lives a humble life
with her parents and elder brother. But her dreams far supercede the
reality in which she is living. Her dreams are far beyond her reach. So

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she wishes to open a boutique, entertains the idea of being an actress and
also aspires to be a fashion designer. Her dreamy disposition and

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romantic allusions lead her to hero-worship the wonder-footballer,
Danny Casey towards whom she develops a romantic fascination.
Though she sees him only once in person she sits for hours imagining

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Danny coming to her. The incurable dreamer in her remains an escapist
who wants to remain away from her real world.

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Question 36.
Why did Sophie enjoy living in a world of dreams? Describe some of her
dreams.
Answer:
Sophie, like most girls of her age, enjoyed living in her world of dreams
which provided to her the refuge she needed from her middle – class
reality. Through her dream world she visualised for herself a life that she
would like to lead. Her imagination drew into her life all the things she
desired and people she idolised but could never make a part of her real
life. Sophie dreams of having her own boutique after she leaves school, a
boutique which will be the most amazing in the city. Becoming an
actress or a fashion designer is also her dream.

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Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)

She was conscious of a vast world which waited for her and she was very
sure that she would adjust easily in that world. In her dream world,
Sophie dreams of meeting the sensational footballer Danny Casey. She
even fixes a date with him and actually travels to that place and waits for
him to come. In her world of fantasy, Sophie moves rapidly from one
dream to another through the leaps of her mind.

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Question 37.
Has Sophie met Danny Casey? What details of her meeting with Danny

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Casey did she narrate to her brother?
Answer:
No, Sophie had never met Danny Casey. Her story is merely a part of her

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fantasy. Her fertile mind made up the story of her encounter with him.
She told her brother that she had met Danny Casey in the arcade. When

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she was looking at the clothes in Royce’s window someone came and
stood beside her and she looked around and saw Danny. She also told

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Geoff that Danny Casey has gentle, green eyes and he is not as tall as one
would think him to be. She also asked Danny for his autograph but could
not get it as none of them had a paper or pen with them. Sophie’s dream
world makes her travel into those aspects of life which she may never be
able to achieve in reality.

Question 38.
What were Sophie’s plans for her future? Why would you call her
dreams unrealistic?

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Answer:
Sophie had rather unrealistic plans for her future. She wanted to own a
boutique and have the most amazing shop in the city. She also dreamed
of being an actress or a fashion designer. Considering her meagre
resources and family’s position, her dreams are quite unrealistic, in fact
they are in sharp contrast to her reality. Her father works hard for a living
and so she is never likely to be a part of the sophisticated world. Her

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mother bears the back-breaking burden of household chores. I Ier brother
works as an apprentice mechanic. Considering her circumstances she

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would actually have to work in the biscuit factory. So her dreams would
just remain dreams and never become a reality.

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Question 39.
Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know she

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cannot realise.
Answer:

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Sophie, like most girls of her age, loves to fantasize and live in a world
full of dreams which is far away from reality. She envisions a life for
herself which she would like to lead not knowing that she might never be
able to realise her dreams. She dreams of owning a boutique which again
she might never be able to fulfil. The best part of her fantasy is that she is
unaware of the fact that her dreams may never materialise. Though her
friend Jansie tries her best to keep her grounded, Sophie is undeterred.
Sophie’s dream world makes her traverse into those spheres of life which
she may never be able to achieve in reality and this does not cause her
any anxiety. She blissfully ignores the fact that she comes from a lower
middle class family and continues to dream on.

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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)

Question 40.
How different is Jansie from Sophie?
Answer:
Sophie and Jansie were classmates as well as friends. They both
belonged to lower middle- class families. But that is where their
similarity ends. There is a striking contrast between their characters.
Sophie is a day-dreamer and Jansie is practical. Sophie lives in a world

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of dreams and does not want to come out of this fairyland. She is an
incurable escapist and dreams of having a boutique, becoming an actress

A
or a fashion designer. Jansie, on the other hand, is very grounded. Jansie
has her feet firmly planted on the ground and knows they are both
‘earmarked for the biscuit factory’. She knows big things require big

A
money and experience which they lack desperately. She advises Sophie
to be sensible and not entertain wild dreams. Sophie and Jansie’s

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temperaments differ greatly. While Sophie shares her dreams only with
one person, her brother Geoff, Jansie on the other hand is nosey. She

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takes an interest in learning new things about others and can spread
stories in the whole neighbourhood.

Question 41.
It is not unusual for a lower middle class girl to dream big. How
unrealistic were Sophie’s dreams?
Answer:
Sophie belongs to a lower middle class family and lives a humble life
with her parents and elder brother. But her dreams far supercede the
reality in which she is living. Her dreams are far beyond her reach. So
she wishes to open a boutique, entertains the idea of being an actress and
also aspires to be a fashion designer.
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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)
Her dreamy disposition and romantic allusions lead – her to
hero-worship the wonder-footballer, Danny Casey towards whom she
develops a romantic fascination. Though she sees him only once in
person she sits for hours imagining Danny Casey coming to her. The
incurable dreamer in her remains an escapist who wants to remain away
from her real world.
Her friend Jansie continued to ground her to reality by stating that they

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were earmarked for the biscuit factory. Her father also stated that if she
ever had enough money she would first buy them a decent house to live
in. Sophie’s little brother Derek too feels that his sister thinks money

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grows on trees.

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Question 42.
Every teenager must dream big. Yet the dream should also be rooted to
the ground. Write a character sketch of Sophie in the light of this remark.

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Answer:
Every teenager must dream big. Yet the dream should also be rooted to

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the ground. This statement is so true for Sophie whose dreams are larger
than life and far supercede her real life. Sophie had rather unrealistic
plans for her future. She wanted to own a boutique and have the most
amazing shop in the city. She also dreamed of being an actress or a
fashion designer. Considering her meagre resources and family’s
position, her dreams are quite unrealistic, in fact they are in sharp
contrast to her reality. Her father works hard for a living and is never
likely to be a part of the sophisticated world. Her mother bears the
back-breaking burden of household chores. Her brother works as an
apprentice mechanic. Considering her circumstances she would actually
have to work in the biscuit factory. So her dreams would just remain
dreams and never become a reality.
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GOING PLACES
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)
Question 43.
Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same
teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams.
What is wrong with Sophie’s dreams?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with having big dreams. Infact it is an advice
given to us by our teachers. But then our dreams must not be in j

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complete contrast to our reality. This is the fault with Sophie’s dreams.
Her dreams are not ! only over-ambitious but also most impractical. She
is an incurable escapist and lives in the world of her dreams. She drifts

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into the world of her fantasy and wants to make her dreams her reality.
Dreaming the unachievable can have a negative impact on one’s

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personality. It can lead to depression. Sophie blissfully ignores the fact
that she comes from a lower middle class family and is ear-marked for
the biscuit factory. She dreams of owning a boutique, becoming a

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fashion designer or an actress, dreams which she may never be able to
fulfill. Sophie not only dreams big but concocts stories about her

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imaginary meeting with the Irish prodigy, Danny Casey. She envisions
her meeting with the football star and also gives vivid details of the
meeting. Such unrealistic dreams need to be discouraged.

Question 44.
Every teenager has a hero/heroine to admire. So many times they
become role models for them. What is wrong if Sophie fantasizes about
Danny Casey and is ambitious in life?

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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)
Answer:
Dreams and fantasies are an integral part of every teenager’s life. Their
dreams motivate them to achieve their goals. Every teenager has an idol
to admire and these idols become role models for them. Same is the case
with Sophie who idolizes Danny Casey. The only thing wrong with
Sophie’s fantasy is that she nurtures unrealistic dreams which are in
sharp contrast to her reality. Her ambitions too are way beyond the

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confines of her lower middle class status. Sophie has never met Danny
Casey but she envisions her meeting with the football star and even
invents vivid details of this meeting. Her over-imaginative mind concocts

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stories and she starts living in her make-believe world. Through her
dreams Sophie escapes from the harsh realities of life and such people

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find it difficult to cope with reality.

Question 45.

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Describe the fantasies Sophie had about Danny Casey.
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Sophie had never met Danny Casey. Her story is merely a part of her
fantasy. Her fertile mind made up the story of her encounter with him.
She told her brother that she had met Danny Casey in the arcade. When
she was looking at the clothes in Royce’s window someone came and
stood beside her and she looked around and saw Danny. She also told
Geoff that Danny Casey has gentle, green eyes and he is not as tall as one
would think him to be. She also asked Danny for his autograph but could
not get it as none of them had a paper or pen with them. Sophie’s dream
world makes her travel into those aspects of life which she may never be
able to achieve in reality. Sophie imagines Danny Casey coming to her,
her own excitement and subsequent disappointment.

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GOING PLACES
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 MARKS)
Question 46.
Geoff and Sophie are different from each other, though they belong to the
same family. Comment with examples from the text.
Answer:
Though Geoff and Sophie belong to the same family they are very
different from each other. Geoff, Sophie’s elder brother is an apprentice
mechanic who travelled to work to the far side of the city everyday. He

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lived in reality and spoke little. In fact Sophie felt that words had to be
prized out of him like stone out of the ground. He had a life of his own
and though he listened to Sophie’s fantasies, he did not believe her.

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Sophie, on the other hand, lived in a dream world. She dreams of having
a boutique, becoming an actress or a fashion designer. She is a

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day-dreamer and an incurable escapist. She imagines meeting the
football prodigy Danny Casey. Geoff is the most important member of
her family for Sophie who wishes to be admitted into her brother’s

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affections so that some day he might take her with him to meet the exotic
and interesting people whom he never spoke about.

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