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Geoff, Sophie's elder brother was an apprentice mechanic. When he was silent, he was away somewhere in those places where she had never been. Since the brother's world was unknown to her, she craved to share his experiences.

Sophie went to meet Danny Casey. When she returned home, it was very late in the dark night. She was glad to see the bicycle of her father standing against the pub wall because he would not be there when she got home.

Sophie Danny Casey से मिलने गई थी। जब वह घर लौटी तो काफी रात हो चुकी थी। वह पब की दीवार के सहारे खड़ी अपने पिता की साइकिल को देखकर इसलिए खुश हुई क्योंकि जब वह घर पहुँचेगी तो वे (पिताजी) वहाँ पर नहीं होंगे।

Sophie told her brother Geoff the secret of her meeting with Danny Casey. Geoff shared it with Jansie’s brother, Frank. Jansie asked Sophie what she had been telling. Though it wasn’t an inquisition, still it showed that Jansie was nosey.

Sophie ने अपने भाई Geoff को Danny Casey के साथ अपनी मुलाकात का रहस्य बताया। Geoff ने यह रहस्य Jansie के भाई Frank को बताया। Jansie ने Sophie से पूछा कि वह क्या कह रही थी। हालांकि यह कोई पूछ-ताछ यो जाँच नहीं थी, लेकिन फिर भी इससे ऐसा लगता है कि Jansie दूसरों की बातें जानने को इच्छुक रहती थी।

Jansie and Sophie were best friends but had contrasting natures. Jansie accepted the facts of life, was practical and not a dreamer. She wished to be apprized of all the details of Sophie's adventurous acts for a better understanding.

Sophie wants to own a boutique, wants to become a manager and wants to become an actress and a boutique owner. It is Sophie’s dream about her future. Her dream is not realistic. She is an over-ambitious girl, who belongs to a very poor family.

Sophie एक बुटीक खोलना चाहती है, मैनेजर बनना चाहती है, एक अभिनेत्री बनना चाहती है साथ में एक बुटीक चलाना चाहती है। यह अपने भविष्य के विषय में Sophie का स्वप्न है। उसका स्वप्न वास्तविक नहीं है। वह एक अति महत्वाकांक्षी लड़की है जो कि एक बहुत ही गरीब परिवार की है।

The story 'Going Places' is a journey into the dream world of the protagonist, a school girl named Sophie, who drifts from one dream to another. Sophie finds the reality of her life too harsh to accept. She belongs to a lower middle class family where nobody encourages her to dream of prospects. 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 condition of her life does not let her venture into such joyrides. However, 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, from one place to the other.

Sophie lived in fantasy. She trusted her brother Geoff. She wished that he might take her with him to show her unknown and unseen places and people. In this way, she includes her brother in the fantasy of her future.

Sophied कल्पनालोक में जीती थी। वह अपने भाई Geoff पर विश्वास करती थी। वह चाहती थी कि वह उसे अपने साथ अपरिचित और नहीं देखे गये स्थानों तथा व्यक्तियों के पास ले जाए। इस प्रकार से उसके अपने भाई को अपने भविष्य की कल्पना में शामिल कर लिया।

(c) Danny Casey

It is normal for adolescents to fantasise and indulge in hero worship so long as it is not indulged to extreme levels. Daydreaming is a common phenomenon especially among teenagers where they create their own world of fantasy and like to think of things which are removed from reality. Something that happened in Sophie’s case. She is a school-going girl and fantasizes about Danny Casey, an Irish football player. Her ambitions and dreams were all a figment of her imagination and portray her as a very impractical and unrealistic girl. She is well aware of her middle-class background and the fact that after her schooling, she and Jansie (her friend) were earmarked for a biscuit factory. Still, she would dream of opening a boutique, becoming a fashion designer or an actress, etc. And would lose sight of everything around her.

Sophie was popular for her escapades. She cooked up the story of meeting the football prodigy, Danny Casey. She imagined their meeting at the Arcade where she asked for his autograph. But instead of an autograph, he asked her for a date.

Sophie's father is a typical man belonging to the working class. He is the sole provider of the family. We first meet him as a coarse, ill-mannered man stuffing shepherd pie into his mouth, wearing his dirty and sweaty vest. He is a practical person who never leaves the world of harsh reality. He wants Sophie to step out of her dream world and tells her that her habit of making up stories is going to land her into trouble someday. He goes to the pub to celebrate something as frivolous as a football match. Thus, he is quite selfish.

In spite of being the head of an impoverished family with so many mouths to feed, we never see him indulging in self-pity or cursing his fate. He rather enjoys his life to the fullest by making a weekly pilgrimage to watch the football match.

Sophie was fortunate to be blessed with the gift of hard working father. He cared to provide all comforts and facilities to the members of the family. He was also a sports enthusiast who took his family to watch United each Saturday. He was jovial and cheered Danny to score goals. He was practical and faced life squarely. He also counsels Sophie about her over-indulgence in day- dreaming and helps her face reality.

(a) shepherd’s pie

No, Sophie has not met Danny Casey. It was all a figment of her fantasy and imagination. She narrate to her brother her chance meeting at the Royce’s where she recognized Casey and spoke to him first. She then asked him for an autograph for her little brother Derek but unfortunately neither of them had paper or pen. They went on to discuss the clothes at Royce’s windows and thereafter decided to meet next week and Casey had offered to then give her an autograph. Geoff did not really believe her and felt it unlikely that Casey would turn up at the appointed place.

Correct answer is (b) Ireland

The only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person was when her family went to watch United on Saturday. She saw him in person at the football ground.

वह एकमात्र अवसर जब Sophie ने Danny Casey को वास्तविक रूप में देखा था, वह था जब शनिवार को उसका परिवार यूनाइटेड (टीम का नाम) देखने गये थे (विश्व कप देखने के लिए)। उसने उसे फुटबाल के मैदान में साक्षात् देखा था।

Sophie was extremely fond of her brother Geoff. While Dad and Derek represented the squalor of their present existence, Geoff was the only person who offered a ray of hope in her life. He symbolized freedom as he visited places she had never been to Sophie hoped that he would introduce her to his exotic and promising world for which she believed she was made.

Sophie trusted her brother and was always interested in knowing certain areas of his life. She wanted to be admitted into affections as she thought that he might take her with him someday. She was sure that he believed in her romantic notions.

Student on Ice’ headed by Canadian Geoff Grum is an organization that arranges educational tours to the Antarctica. Young students are the future generation of policy makers. What they learn today, will practice it tomorrow.

Both Jansie and Sophie belonged to middle-class families and were friends and classmates. In their approach to life, they were in total contrast to each other. There were stark differences in their personalities. Jansie was a realist and aware of her humble background, whereas Sophie was romantic and give to daydreaming. She aspired to reach out to the skies and wanted to become an actress or a fashion designer and often thought of saving money to open a boutique of her own like Mary Quant after she finished her school. Jansie would remind her that they were earmarked for the biscuit factory and told her to be more practical in life and not talk of such unrealistic ventures but Sophie lived in a dream world of her own.

Jansie was a realist who guided Sophie when she was on the wings of her fantasies. Her practical bent of mind made her stand apart from the dream world of Sophie. Though Jansie and Sophie were of the same age-group but Jansie helped Sophie to manage her life sensibly. She made her realize that money was the deciding factor when one dreamt really big. She advised her to forget aspiring high if she was not determined to fulfil it. She was indeed a sincere friend who wished her to accept reality and walk for the biscuit factory. On the other hand, Sophie dreamt of becoming either an actress or a fashion designer. Her dream meetings with Danny Casey leave her shattered but fortunately, the members of her family help her to come out of the gloom.

Little Derek was Sophie’s younger brother. He said about Sophie, “She thinks money grows on trees, doesn’t she, Dad?” He made fun of Sophie so she did not share her secrets with him.

छोटा डेरेक Sophie का छोटा भाई था। उसने Sophie के विषय कहा, “वह सोचती है पैसा पेड़ पर लगता है, क्या वह ऐसा नहीं सोचती है, डैड”? उसने Sophie का मजाक उड़ाया इसलिए उसने (Sophie ने) अपने रहस्य उसके साथ नहीं बाँटे।

Sophie was dreaming of having a boutique, becoming a manager, being an actress and becoming a fashion designer. Jansie discouraged Sophie from having such dreams because she knew it would need a lot of money and her father would not allow her to do so.

Sophie जिन विकल्पों (पसन्दों) का स्वप्न देख रही थी वे थे – बुटीक खोलना, मैनेजर बनना, अभिनेत्री बनना और फैशन डिजाइनर बनना। Jansie ने Sophie को इसलिए हतोत्साहित किया क्योंकि वह जानती थी कि इसके लिए बहुत पैसों की आवश्यकता होगी और उसके पिता ऐसा करने की अनुमति नहीं देंगे।

Geoff was Sophie’s brother. He spoke very little. Sophie, was jealous of Geoff’s silence because when he wasn’t speaking, it was as if he were away somewhere out there in the world in those places she had never been.

Geoff, Sophie का भाई था। वह बहुत कम बोलता था। Sophie, Geoff की चुप्पी से इसलिए ईर्ष्या करती थी क्योंकि जब वह नहीं बोल रहा होता था तो ऐसा लगता था कि वह कहीं दूर विश्व के उन स्थानों में है जहाँ वह कभी नहीं गई थी।

Sophie and Jansie were classmates and friends but there were following differences between them:
(i) Sophie lived in fantasy and fairyland while Jansie was a practical girl who understood the reality of her family.
(ii) Sophie dreamt of having a boutique while Jansie knew that it would need a lot of money.
(iii)Sophie wanted to become a manager to earn money but Jansie knew that it was not possible to become a manager directly.
(iv)Sophie wanted to become an actress while Jansie realised it needed some qualities and her father would not permit this Jansie knew they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory.
(v)Sophie was ambitious and resorted to telling lies in order that she might enjoy a high social position while Jansie did not believe in such things.

Sophie और Jansie दोनों सहपाठी और मित्र थीं । लेकिन उन दोनों में निम्नलिखित अन्तर थे:
(i)Sophie कल्पनालोक और परीलोक में जीती थी जबकि Jansie एक व्यावहारिक लड़की थी जो अपने परिवार की वास्तविकता को समझती थी।
(ii)Sophie बुटीक खोलने का स्वप्न देखती थी जबकि Jansie समझती थी कि इसमें बहुत पैसे की आवश्यकता होगी।
(iii)Sophie पैसा कमाने के लिए मैनेजर बनना चाहती थी जबकि Jansie जानती थी कि वह शुरू से सीधे मैनेजर नहीं बन सकती है।
(iv)Sophie.अभिनेत्री बनना चाहती थी जबकि Jansie जानती थी कि इसके लिए कुछ गुणों का होना आवश्यक है और उसके पिता भी इसके लिए अनुमति नहीं देंगे। Jansie जानती थी कि उन दोनों को अन्त में बिस्कुट फैक्ट्री में ही कार्य करना होगा।
(v)Sophie महत्वाकांक्षी थी तथा सामाजिक सीढ़ी के उच्चतम पायदान पर पहुँचने के लिए झूठ का सहारा लेती थी जबकि Jansie ऐसी बकवास में विश्वास नहीं करती थी।

Day-dreaming leads only to escapism. When an ambitious but poor girl Sophie indulges in day-dreaming and escapism, she deliberately creates a different world for herself. It is a world of romance, beauty and riches. What a person can’t achieve in real life, she tries to achieve in her dreams. She always lives in such a fanciful world and conveniently forgets that her world is far removed from the harsh realities of life.

Sophie doesn’t find the world and life to her liking. She is born in a poor family. She is torn between wants and desires. She is young and of romantic disposition. No young hero comes in her real life. Unfulfilled desires, poverty and limitations lead her to create a different world for herself. It I s a different world where she can dream of meeting her hero Danny Casey. She knows that Danny Casey will never care for such an ordinary girl like her. Many girls are after such a celebrity. She knows that he will never come. But she takes the help of dreams to reach him. 

The helpless poor girl finds some consolation in dreaming big and beautiful things. She dreams of having the grandest boutique in the town. She dreams of being a beautiful and famous film actress. All her dreams are beyond her reach and resources. The results were not very pleasant. Gradually, she allowed herself to be alienated from the world of reality. All her dreams and disappointment were the creation of her own mind.