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The story ‘Going Places’ is a journey into the dream world of the protagonist who drifts from one dream to another.
Sophie, the protagonist in the story, finds the reality of her life too harsh to accept. She belongs to a lower-middle class family.Still, she dreams of owning the best boutique, becoming a manager in some store or at other times becoming an actress or a fashion designer. In reality, the pitiable conditions of her life do not let her venture into such joyrides.
In her dream world, she visits the Royce’s, meets Danny Casey, the sports icon, and even fixes up a date with him. It’s all in her mind but she considers it true and actually waits for him to show up at a specified spot and time. The flight of her imagination is such that it flips from one dream to another and from one place to the other. Thus, the title suits the story, because throughout the narration the protagonist flip-flops from one dream to the next, from one place to the other.