GOING PLACES VALUE POINTS CLASS XII ENGLISH CBSE

Value Points

❖    Sophie's Day Dreams

●    Own a boutique

●    Be a manager

●    Become an actress or a fashion designer and own a boutique on the side.

All this Sophie plans to do but without any money, qualification or experience. She belongs to a lower middle-class family and is expected to take up work in a biscuit factory after completing high school.

❖    Jansie, Sophie's friend, more realistic.

●    Suggests to Sophie that big dreams get fulfilled only with money and experience.

❖    Sophie's father

●    Works real hard to make both ends meet. He expects that some more money will pour in once Sophie completes high school and starts working in a biscuit factory.

❖    Sophie's mother

●    Was always hard at work because of the financial constraints. She lived in a small room with her family; a place which was used even for cooking purpose as well as laundry Continuous household chores had left the lady with a bent back.

❖    Geoff, Sophie's brother

●    An apprentice mechanic, Geoff had a life of his own in which he did not allow any of his family member. However, Sophie suspected that he had befriended some special people and he wished that he would let her share his secrets and allow her to meet his group of friends. He was an introvert and his silence made Sophie feel jealous. She had a fascination for his life because it was unknown to her. She wished he would take her along on his new bike for rides and then she would also be a part of his mystery world.

❖    Sophie fantasises about Danny Casey

●    Casey was an Irish prodigy, a Soccer player. Although Sophie was in the habit of concocting stories, no one ever believed her, least of all her family. Her father used to treat her tales as 'wild stories'. Even when she came up with another one that of meeting Danny Casey, he refused to believe it. However, Sophie was not bothered as to what he thought or believed. Her father had warned that one day she was going to get herself into trouble. Actually she did when her friend, Jansie got wind of her latest fantasy. Although Jansie said that she could be trusted, Sophie knew too well that her friend capable of spreading stories.

❖    Story's ending

●    Sophie continued with her fantasising and actually did go to meet Danny Casey at a place that had an air of romanticism and mysticism in it. She imagined things that would have taken place had it all been a reality. At the same time her perception was moving towards reality because of which she became sad realising that things she wished to happen in her life would actually never happen.