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Going Places CBSE Class 12 English Reader (Flamingo) Lesson 8 – Detailed explanation
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Ok 8 Going Places
by A.R Barton
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The short story “Going Places” explores the hopes and desires of young people as well as
the anguish of broken dreams and unfulfilled promises. Along with the teenage fantasising
and hero-worship, it deals with the intricacies of human relationships.
This story’s central theme is hero worship and teenage fantasies. Teenagers often have
irrational expectations, especially if their families are struggling. This is due to the fact that
a young person’s socioeconomic background has a significant impact on the job they
choose to pursue. If the fantasy is too far fetched for a person, it might result in misery. We
see the main character as building castles in the air which is a pointless activity.
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Going Places Introduction to the lesson

The story revolves around a teenage girl Sophie, her family and friends. She is a
daydreamer, who is always lost in her dreams of becoming rich and sophisticated though
in reality she is a worker at biscuit factory. The story suddenly twists up when Sophie make
a wild imagination of meeting Danny Casey, a famous footballer. She also makes a story in
front of her brother that Casey will come to meet her on a fixed day as per a promise he
made to her.
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Going Places Summary
Sophie and Jansie are two teenagers who are coming back from school. They both work in
a biscuit factory. Sophie is lost in her imagination of owning a boutique shop and
becoming famous like Mary Quaint, a fashion designer. Jansie tells her not to dream big as
it requires lots of money which they don’t have. To this she replies that she will become an
actress, earn a lot and then own a boutique. Jansie being a realistic person does not
support her thoughts. On reaching home Sophie feels choked in that small house which is
full of the stove’s steam and looks untidy because of the dirty dishes. Her father is eating
and her mother is busy in the kitchen. She goes to meet her elder brother Geoff, who is a
trainee mechanic and is busy repairing some motorcycle part. Geoff talks very less about
his personal life which made her imagine of his personal life which she considers very
interesting and wants to be part of it. She shares a secret with him that she met Danny
Casey the famous footballer in a boutique. Her brother and her father do not believe her.
But she tries to make them believe this. She also tells her brother about her date with
Casey. Her brother does not believe her but gives her a chance to believe her story. On
Saturday Sophie and her family go to watch a football match as all of them are great fans
of football. Their favorite team wins due to a goal made by Casey. All of them feel so
overjoyed. When Sophie returns home with her little brother Derek, Jansie questions her
about the reality behind her meeting with Danny Casey. Sophie gets angry with her brother
because of letting her secret out but tries to handle the situation and succeeds. She then
visits a secret place near a canal to meet her hero Casey who doesn’t show up. She knows
that it was just her imagination but she was so lost in his love that she doesn’t want to
come out of this. In the end she returns back to her home with sadness in her heart. But
when she comes across the Royce’s boutique, she again finds herself lost in her hero’s
dreams.
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Going Places Summary in Hindi

ये ए आर बार्टन द्वारा लिखी कहानी है। सोफी और जानसी दो किशोर बालिकाएं हैं जो स्कू ल से वापस आ रही हैं।
दोनों एक बिस्किट फै क्ट्री में काम करते हैं। सोफी एक बुटीक की दुकान के मालिक होने और एक फै शन डिजाइनर
मैरी क्वांट की तरह प्रसिद्ध होने की अपनी कल्पना में खो गई है। जान्सी उससे कहती है कि बड़े सपने मत देखो
क्योंकि इसके लिए बहुत सारे पैसे की जरूरत होती है जो उनके पास नहीं है। इस पर वह जवाब देती हैं कि वह एक
अभिनेत्री बनेंगी, खूब कमाएं गी और फिर एक बुटीक की मालिक होंगी। जान्सी एक यथार्थवादी व्यक्ति होने के
कारण उसके विचारों का समर्थन नहीं करती है। घर पहुँचने पर सोफी उस छोटे से घर में घुटन महसूस करती है जो
चूल्हे की भाप से भरा हुआ है और गंदे बर्तनों की वजह से गन्दा दिखता है। उसके पिता खा रहे हैं और उसकी मां
रसोई में व्यस्त है। वह अपने बड़े भाई ज्योफ से मिलने जाती है , जो एक प्रशिक्षु मैके निक है और मोटरसाइकिल के
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साथ एक रहस्य साझा करती है कि वह एक बुटीक में प्रसिद्ध
Ok फु टबॉलर डैनी के सी से मिली थी। उसके भाई और
उसके पिता को उस पर विश्वास नहीं है। लेकिन वह उन्हें यह विश्वास दिलाने की कोशिश करती है। वह अपने भाई
को के सी के साथ अपनी डेट के बारे में भी बताती है। उसका भाई उस पर विश्वास नहीं करता लेकिन उसे उसकी
कहानी पर विश्वास करने का मौका देता है। शनिवार को सोफी और उसका परिवार फु टबॉल मैच देखने जाते हैं
क्योंकि वे सभी फु टबॉल के बड़े प्रशंसक हैं। के सी द्वारा किए गए गोल के कारण उनकी पसंदीदा टीम जीत जाती है।
वे सभी बहुत खुश महसूस कर रहे हैं। जब सोफी अपने छोटे भाई डेरे क के साथ घर लौटती है , तो जान्सी उससे डैनी
के सी के साथ उसकी मुलाकात के पीछे की वास्तविकता के बारे में सवाल करती है। सोफी अपने भाई के रहस्य को
उजागर करने के कारण उससे नाराज़ हो जाती है लेकिन स्थिति को संभालने की कोशिश करती है और सफल हो
जाती है। वह फिर अपने नायक के सी से मिलने के लिए एक नहर के पास एक गुप्त स्थान पर जाती है जहाँ वह
दिखाई नहीं देता है। वह जानती है कि यह उसकी कल्पना मात्र थी लेकिन वह उसके प्यार में इस कदर खोई हुई थी
कि वह इससे बाहर नहीं आना चाहती। अंत में वह मन ही मन उदास होकर अपने घर लौट जाती है। लेकिन जब वह
रॉयस के बुटीक में आती है , तो वह फिर से अपने नायक के सपनों में खो जाती है।
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Going Places Lesson and Explanation

Passage – “When I leave,” Sophie said, coming home from school,
“I’m going to have a boutique.”
Jansie, linking arms with her along the street; looked doubtful.
“Takes money, Soaf, something like that.”
“I’ll find it,” Sophie said, staring far down the street.
“Take you a long time to save that much.”
“Well I’ll be a manager then — yes, of course — to begin with. Till I’ve got enough. But
anyway, I know just how it’s all going to look.”
“They wouldn’t make you manager straight off, Soaf.”
“I’ll be like Mary Quant,” Sophie said. “I’ll be a natural.
They’ll see it from the start. I’ll have the most amazing shop this city’s ever seen.’”
Word Meaning:
Boutique: a small shop selling fashionable clothes
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Explanation of the Above Passage – The story begins with a conversation between two
teenage girls Sophie and Jansie. Sophie lives in a world of imagination whereas Jansie is totally
opposite to her. Sophie imagines of owning a boutique one day, a place where she can sell
fashionable clothes. Jansie feels that it requires a lot of money to open up a boutique. She also
tells her that it will take her a long time to save that much amount. To this Sophie replies that
she will work as a Manager and when she will save enough money then will work on opening up
a boutique. She is interrupted by Jansie as she tells her that nobody will hire her straight up to
the managerial post. Sophie changes her plan and decides to be a fashion icon like Mary Quant.
She also adds that she will have the best boutique shop that no one has ever seen in the city.
Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy. She
wished Sophie wouldn’t say these things.
Passage – When they reached Sophie’s street Jansie said, “It’s only a few months away
now, Soaf, you really should be sensible. They don’t pay well for shop work; you know that,
your dad would never allow it.”
“Or an actress. Now there’s real money in that. Yes, and I could maybe have the boutique
on the side. Actresses don’t work full time, do they? Anyway, that or a fashion designer,
you know — something a bit sophisticated”.
And she turned in through the open street door leaving Jansie standing in the rain.
“If ever I come into money I’ll buy a boutique.”
“Huh – if you ever come into money… if you ever come into money you’ll buy us a blessed
decent house to live in, thank you very much.”
Word Meaning:
Earmarked: set aside, reserved

Melancholy: sad
Sophisticated: worldly, Cosmopolitan
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Explanation of the Above Passage – Jansie is a realistic person. She knows that in reality they
are just workers at a Biscuit factory. On hearingOk
Sophie’s thoughts, she becomes sad. When they
reach Sophie’s street, Jansie tries to explain the reality of their life. She tells her that they don’t
receive much at the factory where they work. She also tells her that her dad would not allow her
to leave the job. Sophie, on the other hand, is still lost in her dreams. She says that she can also
be an actress as it would earn her a lot of money. She also wants to run a side business of
boutique as she thinks that actresses don’t work full time. When they reach home, Sophie enters
into her house and turns the door. Jansie is left alone in the rain. Sophie is still murmuring the
same sentence that if she will get money, she will buy a boutique. Someone in the house teases
her that if she ever has money, she should buy a good house for her family.
Passage – Sophie’s father was scooping shepherd’s pie into his mouth as hard as he could
go, his plump face still grimy and sweat — marked from the day.
“She thinks money grows on trees, doesn’t she, Dad?’ said little Derek, hanging on the back
of his father’s chair.
Their mother sighed. Sophie watched her back stooped over the sink and wondered at the
incongruity of the delicate bow which fastened her apron strings. The delicate seeming
bow and the crooked back. The evening had already blacked in the windows and 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.
Word Meaning:
Scooping: here, eating

Grimy: dirty, soiled
Sighed: breathe out
Stooped: shoulder bent forward
Incongruity: inappropriate
Crooked: bent
Cluttered: untidy, litter
Explanation of the Above Passage – Sophie’s father was eating a shepherd’s pie. His face was
unclean with dirt and sweat. Her younger brother Derek, said to his father that Sophie thought
that money grew on trees. He also felt that she was not realistic. Her mother who was busy with
her work took a deep breath. Sophie noticed her working in the kitchen. Her mother had
stooping shoulders that were bent forward. She had tied an apron on her back which was bent
and not in the right shape. Maybe she looked so because of the heavy burden of work on her. It
was turning dark and the house was full of steam and the kitchen was messed up with litter.
Sophie felt uncomfortable so she went up to her brother Geoff.
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each day to the far side of the city. He was
almost grown up now, and she suspected areas of his life about which she knew nothing,
about which he never spoke. He said little at all, ever, voluntarily. Words had to be prized
out of him like stones out of the ground. And she was jealous of his silence. When he
wasn’t speaking it was as though he was away somewhere, out there in the world in those
places she had never been. Whether they were only the outlying districts of the city, or
places beyond in the surrounding country — who knew? — they attained a special
fascination simply because they were unknown to her and remained out of her reach.
Word Meaning:
Kneeling: be in a position in which body is supported by knees.

Tinkering: repairing
Apprentice: learner
Suspected: guess, think
Outlying: distant place
Fascination: captivation
Explanation of the Above Passage – Geoff was in the next room, sitting with bent knees, on
the carpet. He was repairing some part of his motorcycle. He was a trainee mechanic who had
left his school three years ago. He had to travel long distances in search of work. Sophie was
sometimes doubtful about his brother as he didn’t speak much about his life. Therefore, she
always imagined about the way of life her brother led. She was so jealous of his silence because
she wanted to know about the places that he used to visit. She thought that they could be some
distant places of the city or maybe some countryside. All these thoughts were so captivating
because they were far away from her reach.
Passage – Perhaps there were also people, exotic, interesting people of whom he never
spoke — it was possible, though he was quiet and didn’t make new friends easily. She
longed to know them. She wished she could be admitted more deeply into her brother’s
affections and that someday he might take her with him. Though their father forbade it
and Geoff had never expressed an opinion, she knew he thought her too young. And she
was impatient. She was conscious of a vast world out there waiting for her and she knew
instinctively that she would feel as at home there as in the city which had always been her
home. It expectantly awaited her arrival. She saw herself riding there behind Geoff. He
wore new, shining black leathers and she a yellow dress with a kind of cape that flew out
behind. There was the sound of applause as the world rose to greet them.
Word Meaning:
Perhaps: maybe
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Longed: wish
Affections: fondness, love Ok
Forbade: ban, prohibit
Instinctively: without conscious thought
Cape: wrap, stole
Applause: clapping
Explanation of the Above Passage – Sophie imagined her brother’s personal life. She thought
that her brother never spoke about his life but maybe he knew some non-native people who
were very interesting. Though she knew that her brother didn’t have many friends, still she felt
that it was possible that he might have some special friends. So, sometimes she wished she
could become close to her brother so that he would take her out with him. She knew that her
father would never allow her to do so. Even her brother considered her not big enough to go
outside. But she was growing impatient and wanted to go outside as she believed that she
would be comfortable there just like in her own city. So, she imagined herself riding with Geoff,
he wearing a shiny black jacket and she wearing a beautiful yellow dress with a stole flying
behind her as they would ride his motorcycle. She dreamt that people stood up to welcome her
by clapping when she rode with her brother.
Passage – He sat frowning at the oily component he cradled in his hands, as though it
were a small dumb animal and he was willing it to speak.
“I met Danny Casey,” Sophie said. He looked around abruptly. “Where?”
“In the arcade—funnily enough.” “It’s never true.”
“I did too.”
“You told Dad?”
She shook her head, chastened at his unawareness that he was always the first to share
her secrets. “I don’t believe it.”
“There I was looking at the clothes in Royce’s window when someone came and stood
beside me, and I looked around and who should it be but Danny Casey.”
“All right, what does he look like?”
“Oh come on, you know what he looks like.”
“Close to, I mean.”
“Well — he has green eyes. Gentle eyes. And he’s not so tall as you’d think…” She wondered
if she should say about his teeth, but decided against it.
Word Meaning:
Frowning: annoyed
Component: part, piece
Cradled: hold
Abruptly: suddenly
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Explanation of the Above Passage – Her brother looked annoyed at the oily part of the
motorcycle that he was handling. He was trying to make it work but all his attempts were
wasted. Sophie said that she met Danny Casey, a famous football player. Her brother suddenly
looked at her and asked her where she met him. She said that she was in a gallery when she
saw him. He didn’t believe her and asked if she told this to their father. She did not approve of
her brother’s question as she wanted to say that he must know that he is the one with whom
she shared her secrets. So, she began her story that she was at Royce’s boutique and was
looking for some dresses when somebody came and stood behind her. She turned and found
him to be Danny Casey. Her brother asked her about his appearance. She told him that he had
green colured gentle eyes and was not as tall as she thought him to be.
Passage – Their father had washed when he came in and his face and arms were shiny
and pink and he smelled of soap. He switched on the television, tossed one of little Derek’s
shoes from his chair onto the sofa, and sat down with a grunt. “Sophie meet Danny Casey,”
Geoff said. Sophie wriggled where she was sitting at the table. Her father turned his head
on his thick neck to look at her. His expression was one of disdains.
“It’s true,” Geoff said. “I once knew a man who had known Tom Finney,” his father said
reverently to the television. “But that was a long time ago.” “You told us,” Geoff said.
Word Meaning:
Grunt: a low rough noise

Wriggled: twist, turn
Disdain: scorn, disrespect
Reverently: with deep respect
Explanation of the Above Passage – While both brother and sister were in their conversation,
their father entered the room. He looked clean and shiny as he had taken a bath. He switched
on his television and sat on his chair after shifting Derek’s shoe from his chair to the sofa. As he
sat in his chair, Geoff told him that Sophie had met Danny Casey. On hearing this he turned
towards Sophie. He looked at her scornfully because he couldn’t believe her. Geoff clarified it to
be true. The father then told them that he once knew a man who had known Tom Finney a long
time ago. Tom Finney was a legendary footballer. He took his name with great respect. Geoff
agreed their father had told him this earlier.
Passage – “Casey might be that good someday.”

“Better than that even. He’s the best.”
“If he keeps his head on his shoulders. If they look after him properly. A lot of distractions
for a youngster in the game these days.”
“He’ll be all right. He’s with the best team in the country.”
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“Too young really for the first team.”
“You can’t argue with that sort of ability.”
“He’s going to buy a shop,” Sophie said from the table.
Her father grimaced. “Where’d you hear that?”
“He told me so.”
He muttered something inaudible and dragged himself round in his chair. “This another of
your wild stories?”
“She met him in the arcade,” Geoff said, and told him how it had been.
“One of these days you’re going to talk yourself into a load of trouble,” her father said
aggressively.
“Geoff knows it’s true, don’t you Geoff?”
“He don’t believe you-though he’d like to.”
Word Meaning:
Distractions: diversion, disturbance

Grimaced: angry
Inaudible: unheard
Explanation of the Above Passage – They were discussing football players. Father said that he
thought that one day Casey might become as good as Finney. Someone among Geoff and
Sophie replied that Casey was better as he was very talented, but their father did not agree. He
said that he was very young and as there were so many diversions for a young footballer, he
might work hard. Geoff did not agree and said that he was with the best team and the best
player too. Meanwhile, Sophie told them that Casey was going to buy a new shop. Her father
looked at her angrily and asked her where did she get to know this. He doubted it to be one of
her imagination. Her brother interrupted and said that she met him. Her father warned her that
such things could lead her to trouble. She then tried to justify herself by saying that Geoff knew
this and trusted her. Her father replied that he did not believe her although he wanted to.
Passage – The table lamp cast an amber glow across her brother’s bedroom wall, and
across the large poster of United’s first team squad and the row of coloured photographs
beneath, three of them of the young Irish prodigy, Casey.
“Promise you’ll tell no-one?” Sophie said.
“Nothing to tell is there?”
“Promise, Geoff — Dad’d murder me.”
“Only if he thought it was true.”
“Please, Geoff.”
“Christ, Sophie, you’re still at school. Casey must have strings of girls.”
“No he doesn’t.”
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“As if anyone would tell a girl something like that.”

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“Yes he did. He isn’t like that. He’s… quiet.”
“Not as quiet as all that — apparently.”
“It was nothing like that, Geoff — it was me spoke first. When I saw who it was, I said,
“Excuse me, but aren’t you Danny Casey?” And he looked sort of surprised. And he said,
“Yes, that’s right.” And I knew it must be him because he had the accent, you know, like
when they interviewed him on the television. So I asked him for an autograph for little
Derek, but neither of us had any paper or a pen. So then we just talked a bit. About the
clothes in Royce’s window. He seemed lonely. After all, it’s a long way from the west of
Ireland. And then, just as he was going, he said, if I would care to meet him next week he
would give me an autograph then. Of course,
I said I would.”
“As if he’d ever show up.”
“You do believe me now, don’t you?”
He dragged his jacket, which was shiny and shapeless, from the back of the chair and
pushed his arms into it. She wished he paid more attention to his appearance. Wished he
cared more about clothes. He was tall with a strong dark face. Handsome, she thought.
“It’s the unlikeliest thing I ever heard,” he said.
Word Meaning:
Prodigy: a young person with exceptional qualities

Strings: here, group
Jeered: tease someone
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Explanation of the Above Passage – Geoff’s room was full of pictures of footballers. There was
a picture of Casey also who has been described as a young Irish man with exceptional qualities.
Sophie told her brother another secret of her but on a condition that he would not tell this to
their dad. His brother did not want to believe her but listened to her because of her undue
stress. She then told him that when she met him, it was she who started the conversation by
asking him whether he was Danny Casey. She also asked for an autograph for little Derek but as
both of them didn’t have any pen or paper, he promised to give it in their next meeting. Her
brother did not believe this as he was doubtful of what she was saying. So, he picked up his
jacket and left. Sophie wondered if her brother did not care about his looks much though he
should be doing so because he was tall and handsome.
Passage – On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to watch United. Sophie and her
father and little Derek went down near the goal — Geoff, as always, went with his mates
higher up. United won two-nil and Casey drove in the second goal, a blend of innocence
and Irish genius, going around the two big defenders on the edge of the penalty area, with
her father screaming for him to pass, and beating the hesitant goalkeeper from a dozen
yards. Sophie glowed with pride. Afterwards Geoff was ecstatic.
“I wish he was an Englishman,” someone said on the bus. “Ireland’ll win the World Cup,”
little Derek told his mother when Sophie brought him home. Her father was gone to the
pub to celebrate.
Word Meaning:
Pilgrimage: religious journey, but here their devotion towards football match
Mates: friends
Hesitant: undecided
Ecstatic: joyful excitement
Explanation of the Above Passage – On Saturday Sophie, her father and two brothers went to
see the football match of their favorite team- United. It was a regular thing for them because
they were all huge fans of football. Sophie, Derek and her father stayed near the goal and Geoff
went up higher with his friends to see the match. Team United won the match with a score of 2
and nil. The second goal was made by Casey and he did it with such perfection. Everyone was
happy, Sophie was so happy that she glowed and Geoff was so excited.
Sophie’s father went to the pub after the match and so she brought her brother Derek back
home. Derek told his mother that this time Ireland would win the world cup.
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“About what?”
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Jansie frowned, sensing she was covering. “Yes — that.”
“Well-yes, I did.”
“You never did?” Jansie exclaimed.
Sophie glared at the ground. Damn that Geoff, this was a Geoff thing not a Jansie thing. It
was meant to be something special just between them. Something secret. It wasn’t a Jansie
kind of thing at all. Tell gawky Jansie something like that and the whole neighbourhood
would get to know it. Damn that Geoff, was nothing sacred?
Inquisition: questioning
Word Meaning:
Nosey: curious
Startled: sudden shock
Frowned: angry
Glared: stare angrily
Gawky: graceless
Explanation of the Above Passage – Sophie was inquired by Jansie as to what was she telling
everywhere. Sophie surprisingly asked her the reason for asking her this question. She then told
her that her brother Geoff told Jansie’s Brother, Frank that Sophie had met Danny Casey. Sophie
got angry because she had never thought that her brother would disclose her secret. She was
worried because Jansie had the habit of sharing secrets with the whole neighborhood which she
didn’t want to happen. Sophie got angry with Geoff’s behavior.
Passage – “It’s a secret — meant to be.”

“I’ll keep a secret, Soaf, you know that.”
“I wasn’t going to tell anyone. There’ll be a right old row if my dad gets to hear about it.”
Jansie blinked. “A row? I’d have thought he’d be chuffed as anything.”
She realised then that Jansie didn’t know about the date bit — Geoff hadn’t told about that.
She breathed more easily. So Geoff hadn’t let her down after all. He believed in her after
all. After all some things might be sacred.
“It was just a little thing really. I asked him for an autograph, but we hadn’t any paper or a
pen so it was no good.” How much had Geoff said?
“Jesus, I wish I’d have been there.”
“Of course, my dad didn’t want to believe it. You know what a misery he is. But the last
thing I need is queues of people round our house asking him, “What’s all this about Danny
Casey?” He’d murder me. And you know how my mum gets when there’s a row.”
Jansie said, hushed, “You can trust me, Soaf, you know that.”
Word Meaning:
Row: here, so much noise
Chuffed: cheerful Ok
Misery: discomfort
Hushed: quiet
Explanation of the Above Passage – Sophie explained to Jansie that this was her secret and
she didn’t want to share it because then people would line up outside their house and ask about
this. Her dad would kill her on this. Jansie got surprised to hear this, she said that she thought
that her father would be happy to hear this. But Sophie told her that it was not so and the
continuous noise of the neighbours could disturb her mother too. She realized that Jansie was
not aware of each and everything so she felt happy that her brother did keep some part as a
secret. She then told her that she had met him and asked for an autograph but couldn’t get it
because of lack of pen and paper. She even tells Jansie that her dad did not believe her. Jansie
promised her to keep her secret.
Passage – After dark she walked by the canal, along a sheltered path lighted only by the
glare of the lamps from the wharf across the water, and the unceasing drone of the city
was muffled and distant. It was a place she had often played in when she was a child.
There was a wooden bench beneath a solitary elm where lovers sometimes came. She sat
down to wait. It was the perfect place, she had always thought so, for a meeting of this
kind. For those who wished not to be observed. She knew he would approve. For some
while, waiting, she imagined his coming. She watched along the canal, seeing him come
out of the shadows, imagining her own consequent excitement. Not until sometime had
elapsed did she begin balancing against this the idea of his not coming.
Word Meaning:
Canal: waterway
Wharf: dock
Muffed: messed up
Solitary elm: single tree (elm is a tall tree)
Elapsed: pass, go by
Explanation of the Above Passage – After it was dark, Sophie went through a sheltered path
along a waterway. It was far away from the noisy city. She used to play here as a child. She sat
on a wooden bench which was under a long elm tree. According to her it was the perfect place
for lovers to meet. She sat there and started waiting for Casey. She got lost in her imagination of
Casey coming to meet her. After a while she realized that he was not coming and it was just her
imagination.
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come and sensing the time passing.
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told them. I wonder what will I do, what can I Ok tell them now if he doesn’t come? But we
know how it was, Danny and me — that’s the main thing. How can you help what people
choose to believe? But all the same, it makes me despondent, this knowing I’ll never be
able to show them they’re wrong to doubt me. She waited, measuring in this way the
changes taking place in her. Resignation was no sudden thing.
Word Meaning:
Pangs: sharp pain

Despondent: disheartened
Resignation: departure, leaving
Explanation of the Above Passage – Many thoughts came to Sophie’s mind. She waited for
Danny to come but he didn’t come to meet her. She felt a deep pain inside her. She thought that
people didn’t believe her story. If Danny came, she could tell them that she was not lying. Again
she thought that it is not an easy thing to make everyone believe oneself. As so many thoughts
were coming to her mind she felt like many changes were taking place inside her. All this was
very painful and she wanted to leave now.
Passage – Now I have become sad, she thought. And it is a hard burden to carry, this
sadness. Sitting here waiting and knowing he will not come I can see the future and how I
will have to live with this burden. They of course will doubt me, as they always doubted
me, but I will have to hold up my head remembering how it was. Already I envisage the
slow walk home and Geoff’s disappointed face when I tell him, “He didn’t come, that
Danny.” And then he’ll fly out and slam the door. “But we know how it was,” I shall tell
myself, “Danny and me.” It is a hard thing, this sadness. She climbed the crumbling steps to
the street. Outside the pub she passed her father’s bicycle propped against the wall, and
was glad. He would not be there when she got home.
Word Meaning:
Envisage: predict
Crumbling: broken
Explanation of the Above Passage – Sophie became sad. She felt it to be very tough to bear
the burden that Danny didn’t come to meet her. She had been waiting for him, though she knew
that he would never come. She was also worried about how people would doubt her and
disbelieve on what she said. She also thought that Geoff would beat hard against the door on
knowing that Danny didn’t come to meet her. So she’s quite sad now. As she was walking back to
her home, she saw her father’s bicycle in front of the pub. She felt happy that she would not
have to face her father on reaching home.
Passage – “Excuse me, but aren’t you Danny Casey?” Coming through the arcade she
pictured him again outside Royce’s.
He turns, reddening slightly. “Yes, that’s right.”Ok
“I watch you every week, with my dad and my brothers. We think you’re great.”
“Oh, well now — that’s very nice.”
“I wonder — would you mind signing an autograph?”
His eyes are on the same level as your own. His nose is freckled and turns upwards slightly,
and when he smiles he does so shyly, exposing teeth with gaps between. His eyes are
green, and when he looks straight at you they seem to shimmer. They seem gentle, almost
afraid. Like a gazelle’s. And you look away. You let his eyes run over you a little.
And then you come back to find them, slightly breathless.
Word Meaning:
Reddening: blush
Freckled: pale/brown spot on skin
Exposing: uncover
Gazelle: An Asian-African antelope
Explanation of the Above Passage – While Sophie was returning to her home, she passed
through the Royce’s boutique. She again imagined meeting Danny Casey. She again tried to
initiate a talk with him by asking him if he was Danny Casey and also asked for an autograph
Passage – And he says, “I don’t seem to have a pen at all.” You realise you haven’t either.
“My brothers will be very sorry,” you say.
And afterwards you wait there alone in the arcade for a long while, standing where he
stood, remembering the soft melodious voice, the shimmer of green eyes. No taller than
you. No bolder than you. The prodigy. The innocent genius. The great Danny Casey.
And she saw it all again, last Saturday — saw him ghost past the lumbering defenders,
heard the fifty thousand catch their breath as he hovered momentarily over the ball, and
then the explosion of sound as he struck it crisply into the goal, the sudden thunderous
eruption of exultant approbation.
Word Meaning:
Melodious: musical
Lumbering: moving in awkward way
Hovered: fly
Momentarily: briefly
Thunderous: so strong like thunder of cloud
Eruption: explosion
Exultant: overjoyed
Approbation: Approval, acceptance
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for her brothers. When Casey left, she kept
standing there thinking of his sweet voice, green eyes, innocence and his geniuses. Then her
imagination took her to the football match she had watched with her family last Saturday. She
imagined of Danny Casey striking the goal in such a heroic way that she felt an explosion on the
football ground. She felt so overjoyed with the winning of the united team and with the heroic
performance of Danny Casey, her hero.
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Q1- Sophie and Jansie were class-mates and friends. What were the differences
between them that show up in the story?
A1-Sophie and Jansie were totally opposite of each other though they were friends. Sophie
was always lost in her dreams. She wanted to lead a life full of luxury and sophistication.
She dreamt of owning a boutique, be like Mary Quaint or an actress and wanted to
become rich and famous. On the other hand, Jansie was a girl who had a realistic approach
towards life. She knew that they came from a poor family and were working in a small
factory. Therefore, she did not involve herself in daydreams like Sophie. Rather she tried to
teach her that such dreams required a lot of money and a meager salary from the factory
was not enough to fulfill such dreams.
Q2- How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?
A2-Sophie’s father is a plump and aggressive person. Sophie fears his anger. He doesn’t
believe in the wild stories of his daughter but as a caring father, he reminds her not to
make such stories as this could lead her to trouble. He is a football fan because he visits
the football ground with his kids, every Saturday, to watch his favorite team ‘United’ play
the match. He also wishes Danny Casey to become like Finney and enjoys the winning of
his team by visiting the pub.
Q3- Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her
perspective, what did he symbolise?
A3- Geoff was an introvert typeassume that you are happy with it.
of person and so he spoke less about himself. This made
Sophie like him as she thought that he visitedOk
some secret places that were full of
interesting people. So, she tried to win his affection in order to get a chance to ride with
him to that special place where she would visit by wearing a beautiful yellow dress. She
also imagined of being welcomed by the crowd there. Sophie wanted to live that beautiful
life which was full of colours and happiness that Geoff lived but she could not.
Q4- What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators
of her family’s financial status?
A4- Sophie belonged to a lower middle class family. She lived in a small house with her
family. When she returned home from school, she felt uncomfortable because of the
steam and the untidy look of her house. Her mother was stooping because of the burden
of the work she did. Her father was a labourer and her elder brother was a mechanic. She
also worked in a biscuit factory in order to support her family. Such things indicated that
Sophie belonged to a lower middle class family.
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Going Places CBSE Class 12 NCERT English

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Boutique: a small shop selling fashionable clothes

Earmarked: set aside, reserved

Scooping: here, eating

Kneeling: be in a position in which body is supported by knees.

Grunt: a low rough noise

Passage – “Casey might be that good someday.”

Distractions: diversion, disturbance

“As if anyone would tell a girl something like that.”

Prodigy: a young person with exceptional qualities

Dragged: pull assume that you are happy with it.

Unlikeliest: unexpected, doubtful Ok

Passage – “It’s a secret — meant to be.”

Pangs: sharp pain

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