Going Places Summary

Going Places

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The theme of this story is fantasizing and .
The story revolves around the life of , a teenager, who, like others of her age, is filled with fantasies and desires. She comes from a poor background, but hopes to be sophisticated in the . Sophie dreams of owning a one day to be an or designer, but her friend Jansie believes that both of them are earmarked for the factory. Jansie, who is more realistic, tries to pull Sophie to reality, but in vain.
Sophie lives in a small house with her parents and , Geoff and little Derek. Though she voices her feelings and desires, her pooh-pooh her, because they, unlike her, are more and know the truths of life.
Sophie finds a sort of fascination for her elder brother Geoff, who is tall, strong and and reserved. She envies his and often wonders about his thoughts and areas of his life that she doesn’t know about.
The center of this story is that Sophie fantasises about Danny Casey, an football player, whom she had seen playing in innumerable matches. She makes up a about how she met him in the streets and tells this to Geoff. Geoff, who is more sensible than Sophie, does not really believe her, even if she wants to. It seems an unlikely incident for Sophie to meet the prodigy in their street, but when Sophie describes the meeting in all her details, he begins to hope that it could be true. She tells him that Danny has to meet her somewhere again.
Sophie gets so pulled into the story she made that she herself begins to believe that it’s true. She waits for the Irish , but obviously, he never arrives. Then, she makes her way , wondering how her brother would be on knowing that Danny Casey never showed up. However, Sophie still fantasises about her , unperturbed.