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Going Places

-A.R. Barton

Presented byPreeti Shah


KV Bhavnagar

Introduction
Barton explores the theme of Adolescent

fantasising and hero


worship.
It gives a good account of two
teenagers
named
Sophie and Jansie.
Sophie is a day dreamer while Jansie is
very Practical and realistic. Barton depicts
that it is natural for teenagers to have
unrealistic dreams because of there socio
economic background.
The act of fantasising may lead to miseries
in case it is beyond our approach.

Characters
Sophie- A school girl
Jansie Classmate of Sophie
Frank- Jansies Brother
Little Derek- Younger brother of Sophie
Geoff- Elder Brother of Sophie- An

apprentice mechanic.
A man- Sophies father
A women- Sophies Mother
Danny Casey- A young Irish Football Player
Tom Finney-Another player
United Name of the football team

Specific Incident of the


lesson
Sophie is a day dreamer.
She narrates
her meeting with Danny Casey.
The family of Sophie goes to see
the football match. The father
and family are fan of the football
player.
Sophie waits at the canal for Danny
Caseys arrival ,but to know result !
Shear imagination and day
dreaming pass into nothingness.

Home Assignment
Write about a person whom you would like to

have as your role model.


What was Sophies height of fantasising as a
teenager ?

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