GOING PLACES

- A.R BARTON

Answer the following in about 30- 40 words each:

1. Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from having dreams?

2. Why did Sophie long for her brother’s affection?
3. Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her meeting with Danny?
4. It is natural for teenagers to have unrealistic dreams. What would you say are
benefits and disadvantages of such fantasising?
5. ‘Damn that Geoff, this was a Geoff thing not a Jansie thing.’ Why did Sophie say so?
6. Who was Danny Casey? How can you say that the members of Sophie’s family were
great fan of his?
7. Did Geoff keep his promise to Sophie? How do you know?
8. Write a few lines about Sophie’s father?
9. How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?
10. Do you think that Sophie’s meeting with Danny actually happened or it was just a part
of her imagination?

Answer the following in about 120 – 150 words each:

1. Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know she cannot
realise. Comment
2. Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in
the classroom find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with
Sophie’s dreams?