Going Places

A.R.Barton
 Introduction
• Teenagers like Sophie indulge in
day dreaming and fantasizing – a
source of their suffering
• Sophie – school going girl-
fantasizes about Danny Casey- a
famous Irish Football Player
• Sophie refuses to accept reality
 Sophie’s Dreams
• Sophie comes from school and
tells her friend and classmate
Jansie- open a boutique after
her schooling
• And become an actress
• Otherwise a fashion designer
 Jansie’s advise
• Jansie asks her to be sensible
• Both were poor and have to
work only in a biscuit factory
• Sophie’s refuses to accept
reality
 Sophie’s family and its status
• Sophie’s father was a manual
labourer
• Mother was back crooked due
to household work.
• Brother Geoff – an apprentice
mechanic
• Lived in a small house
 About Danny Casey
• Sophie told Geoff that she had
met Danny Casey.
• Danny came near her stood
beside her – when she was
looking at the clothes in
Royce’s window
• She recognized him from his
accent that she had heard on
television.
• He was not tall as she had
expected him to be.
• He had green eyes.
 Sophie’s father’s views
• Geoff informed about Sophie
meeting Danny Casey
• He looked in disdain
• He ignored the news
• He discussed Tom Finny and
Danny Casey as players
 Danny Casey – Favourite
• Sophie’s father wishes Danny
Casey to be a great player
one day
• He wished he remained away
from all temptations and
distractions
• Sophie tried to convince him
about her meeting – he got
irritated
 Geoff’s warning
• Geoff cautioned Sophie that
Casey was a celebrity and he
must have a lot of girl friends
• Sophie tries to defend Casey
• She couldn’t take an autograph
because both had no pen or
paper
 Sophie’s family
• Her entire family is a fan of
Danny Casey
• On Saturday’s the whole
family made their ‘weekly
pilgrimage’ to watch the
football match
 Jansie’s meeting with Sophie
• Jansie came to enquire about
Sophie’s meeting Danny Casey-
• Sophie was startled how she
came to know about it
• Sophie asked her to keep it as a
secret
 Sophie went to dream world
• She went near the canal under
a solitary elm tree- far away
from the hustle and bustle of
the city
• Sat down on a bench and was
obsessed with her meeting
Danny Casey
 Sophie’s disappointment
• She realized that he would
never come
• Her dreams and disappointment
were the products of her own
fertile mind
• She couldn’t help being a
dreamer and escapist