Chapter 8 Going Places Solutions
Question - 31 : - What did Sophie imagine about her meeting with Danny Casey?
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Sophie imagined that she met the United football player, Danny Casey at the Royce store. She asked him for an autograph but neither of them had a pen. Then they began talking about the clothes in the shop. Casey promised to meet her again next week.
Question - 32 : - Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
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The two girls, Sophie and Jansie, were most likely to find work in the local biscuit factory. They belonged to the lower middle class and could not go in for higher studies after school. Besides, they could not think of other job options.
Question - 33 : - What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?
Answer - 33 : -
Sophie was dreaming of opening a boutique. When Jansie told her that it would require a lot of money, she would said that she would become a manager till then to save the money for her boutique. She also hoped of becoming an actress. Jansie discouraged her from having such dreams because she knew that they were not realistic. Both of them belonged to lower middle-class families and didnтАЩt have either the means or the skills to fulfil such dreams.
Question - 34 : - How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?
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Sophie has no idea of the places Geoff visits or the people he meets there. His unknown world fascinates her and she longs to be a part of it. She hopes he would take her there some day. She imagines herself riding there behind Geoff on his motorcycle, and the world rising to greet them with applause.
Question - 35 : - Who was Danny Casey? Which country did he play for? What made him so popular?
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Danny Casey was a young soccer player who played for Ireland. He was popular because he played really well. His technique was a blend of innocence and Irish genius. He drove his fans ecstatic when he struckтАЩ the football into the goal. They were so overwhelmed with his genius that they wished he was , an Englishman.
Question - 36 : - Sophie lives in a world full of dreams which she does not know she cannot realize. Comment.
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SophieтАЩs dreams and disappointments are all in her mind. Discuss.
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Sophie always lives in a make-believe world of her own. She always imagined that she will have a successful career as a boutique owner, store
After he did not turn up, she realized that this was only her dream and Danny would never date her. Even then, she is lost in her dream world, becoming sad that Danny did not come.
Question - 37 : - How different is Jansie from Sophie?
Answer - 37 : -
Sophie was a dreamer who created her own fantasy world using her fertile imagination. She displayed her urge to transcend her status from a working class girl to a higher level of sophistication by pursuing her ambition to become an actress, a fashion designer, a manager or a boutique owner. She even dreams of dating Danny Casey, a famous football player, although he was тАШ much above her financial status.
Jansie was just the opposite, being more practical, down to earth and realistic. Jansie, being mature and sensible, always reminded Sophie that they were earmarked for working in the biscuit factory after passing out from school and that wild dreams were not befitting their low financial status. Jansie was also a blabbermouth, as she could not keep any secrets.
Question - 38 : - It is normal for adolescents to fantasize and indulge in hero worship. How far is it true Of Sophie?
Answer - 38 : -
Sophie was an adolescent girl who always lived in a make-believe world of her own. She always had the unrealistic expectation that she will have a successful career as a boutique owner, store manager, actress or even local biscuit factory after passing out from school. Similarly, she unrealistically imagined that a famous footballer like Danny Casey would date her. She even went to the extent of waiting beside the canal for him.
After he did not turn up, she realized that this was a fashion designer. This was totally unrealistic, as she was from a working class family and would have to work in these only her dream and Danny would never date her. Even then, she is lost in her dream world, becoming sad that Danny did not come. This shows how unrealistic were her dreams.
Question - 39 : - Has Sophie met Danny Casey? What details of her meeting with Danny Casey did she narrate to her brother?
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Did Sophy really meet Danny Casey?
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No, Sophie has never really met Danny Casey. She has just seen Danny Casey on the field when she went to watch the team United play a football match. There, she was one of the spectators and could see Casey playing, but only from a distance. However, Sophie lives in a world of imagination. Casey was a young sports hero and Sophie idolized him. Her fictitious meeting with Casey was just another of her wild fantasies.
Sophie told her brother Geoff that she met Casey near RoyceтАЩs window. As she was looking at the clothes, Casey came and stood beside her. She wanted to take his autograph for her younger brother Derek, but neither of them had a pen or paper. Casey then suggested that they could meet again next week, and then he would also give his autograph.
Question - 40 : - What were SophieтАЩs plans for her future? Why would you call her dreams unrealistic?
Answer - 40 : -
Sophie planned to open a boutique after she passed out of school. When Jansie told her that it would require a lot bf money, she said that she would become a manager and save money for her boutique. She later also added that she would either become an actress or a fashion designer.
For a girl from a lower middle class family, such dreams are certainly far from reality. SophieтАЩs friend Jansie, who is quite practical, dissuades Sophie from indulging in such childish fantasies. Sophie lives inтАЩ her own world, a world of imagination. She wants to materialize all those things which were simply not possible on practical grounds. Never for once in the story does the girl think practically or comes out of her dream world.