Explanation and Summary: Going Places Video Lecture - Class 12

hi students my name is Ruchika CBS
c-class twelth flamingos going places by
AR burton i will tell you about the
author background of the lesson
explanation and summary AR burton was an
english writer he lived in zurich and
most of his writings are modern
background of going places it is a light
piece of fiction which centers around a
girl named Sophie it talks about her
dreams and her fantasies the lesson is
based on adolescent fantasizing and hero
worship Sophie wants to liberate herself
from the shackles that bind her to a
lower middle class lifestyle she dreams
of carving a life of comfort for herself
and wants to live in luxury she
fantasizes so much that her daydreams
find a place for a Sports Idol she lives
away from the grim realities of life
which involve money a good qualification
and rich experience truly she struggles
between a world of make-believe and her
own real world which is
lower-middle-class wrought with
difficulties and desires now we have the
explanation of the chapter Sophie and
Jan see these are two close friends they
are on their way home from school at
that time sophie expresses her desire of
owning a boutique her friend Jan Z is
doubtful on her thoughts she links arms
with her as they walk further Sophie
idolizes of being like Mary quaint now
students marry quaint was a famous
English fashion designer so this girl
Sophie wants to be as famous
as Mary Quint on the other hand her
friend Jan see is very realistic
she knows that both of them have to work
at the nearby biscuit factory so on
hearing her friends thought she became
melancholy and wished that her friend
would not speak all this melancholy here
means sad and feeling sorrowful Chauncey
advises Sofie to be realistic about her
future Chauncey advises Sofie to be
realistic about her future
but Sofie continues to dream and
suggests to Jan see that probably she
could be an actress also and run a
boutique as a side business on saying
this she went into her house leaving
Chauncey standing in the rain she
expresses her desire of owning a
boutique if ever she has the money now
here you can see this is the reality of
Sophie and Jan see that is they have to
work in the biscuit factory and on the
other hand the dreams that sophie has
being as famous as Mary Quint being a
famous actress or having enough money to
run a boutique of her own further the
author describes the scene in Sophie's
house her father is eating and her
mother her back is crooked she is
wearing an apron
so probably her back is crooked because
of working so much she is working
endlessly the room is messed up utensils
lined up for washing so seeing all this
young girl Sophie feels choked and she
leaves the room she goes ahead into the
next room to look for her elder brother
Jay off Sophie's brother geo is busy
repairing a motorcycle part she wants to
know many things about him but
as he does not talk much she feels that
he is not around her she envies his
silence she is fascinated here
fascinated means attracted she is
attracted to all those things just
because she does not know much about
them and she keeps on imagining she
desires having her brother's affections
and wishes to accompany him although
their father has ordered her not to do
so and her brother also considers her
too young to go out with him
sophie was impatient to move out of her
home into the vast world which was
eagerly waiting for her and she is
confident of being as comfortable there
as in her own City she imagines herself
running behind her brother Joff then she
also imagines that many people like an
audience is applauding for them as they
are arriving into the world now sophie
tells her brother that she met a famous
man his name is Danny
Cassie her brother disbelieves her and
he asks her that has she told this to
their father she refuses and she gets
upset that her brother is unaware that
he is the first one with whom she shares
her secrets he says that I don't believe
you then she describes him that how she
met Danny Cassie she says that she was
looking at the clothes in a boutique
that is Royce over there a person came
and stood beside her she looked around
and what she saw was that that person
was Danny Cassie in order to confirm
from her her brother asks that okay tell
me what does he look like so she tells
him that you know how he looks like
because probably he must have seen him
somewhere maybe on the TV us in the
newspapers he must have seen his
pictures so her brother says no you had
a closer look at him
you saw him personally so you tell me
how he looks like she tells him that he
has green eyes gentle eyes and she says
that we used to imagine that he is very
tall but he is not that tall in reality
just then their father enters the room
and sits in front of the television so
her brother Jove tells the father that
Sophie had met Danny Cassie Trotter says
he looks at her in disdain so disdain
means considering her talk to be
unworthy so he is not relying on what
his daughter is saying then he wants his
daughter that she should not make all
these imaginary talks and someday they
will put her in trouble after that the
brother and sister that is Sophie and Jo
if they discuss her imaginary meeting
with the football player not Danny
Cassie is a famous football player
upon hearing all her talks her brother
was so disturbed because of disbelief
that he just leaves the room along the
wall of Geoff's bedroom
there are many pictures which have been
put of famous football players now the
family is a fan of football the picture
of Danny Cassie is also put up there he
is a hero for these teenager children
then as on Saturday they have their
weekly visit to the football match to
watch their team united they are big
fans of United and every Saturday they
go to watch the match so on this
Saturday also the family has gone to see
the match of their favorite team Cassie
is also a player in this team Heath did
the second goal and United won so the
whole family is very excite
didn't happy Sofie glowed with pride now
she is feeling as if she has done
something very extraordinary because she
is a very big fan of Dany and she has
told her family that she had personally
met him
her brother GF is also ecstatic ecstatic
means feeling or expressing overwhelming
happiness or joyful excitement so all
the people are very happy because their
favorite team United has won their
father went to celebrate with his
friends at the pub the Sophie's friend
Jancy meets her and she asks her that
her brother Frank has told him that gof
has said that Sophie had met Danny
Cassie now when Sophie comes to know
that Jan she has also come to know this
thing she gets very worried so he asks
her friend Jan si not to tell this to
anyone as it is a family secret and if
her dad comes to know about this a fight
would erupt he would fight with Sophie
for just saying all these things
Chansey feels that as Sophie's father is
a football fan he would rather be
chuffed
now chuffed here means he would rather
be pleased to hear that his daughter
Sophie had met the famous Danny
Cassie's Sophie was very worried she was
very knows that her friend Jan si would
tell all the people in their
neighborhood that she had met that Danny
Cassie she tells Jan see that her dad
did not want to believe her and she did
not want that even neighbours should
come and queue outside their house
asking their father about this thing
that she had met Danny all this thing
would make her mother very furious and
angry
so Sophie indicates Jancy to keep it as
a secret and not to tell it to anyone
here the author has used the words on
seeing a row
this means on
seeing a noisy quarrel now when so many
neighbors will come they will gather
outside their house and talk to Sophie's
father obviously there will be a lot of
noise and this noise will disturb her
mother now the imaginary date which
sophie has told her brother that she
will be meeting him again that date has
arrived it is dark
she is walking by the canal and she sits
on a bench beneath an elm tree there she
is waiting for her date after some time
she is so imaginative that she imagines
that Danny is walking towards her now
this is the same place where as a child
she would often play and she would see
lovers sitting on this particular bench
so Sophie feels that this is the perfect
place for such kind of a meeting after
some time she feels that he will not
come for the date but yet she does not
accept the fact that it was all her
imagination she simply becomes sad on
the thought that her brother will be
very disappointed that Danny did not
turn up for the date but despite that
she thinks that she and Danny both know
that they met each other at Roy's store
here the author says resignation was no
sudden thing this means that accepting
something undesirable but inevitable
here the author has used the word
despondent which means discouraged
Sophie feels that it is a hard burden to
carry which means that it will be very
difficult for her to prove herself as
everyone has disbelieved her and now
that she has not met Danny it will be
impossible to convince them that she had
actually met him at the designer
boutique she climbed up the steps to the
street and as she crossed the Roy's
designer store she once again imagines
that she has bumped into Danny
then again they both talk to each other
the girl once again asks for an
autograph but as both of them do not
have a pen they just think that okay
next time granny will give her an
autograph and she leaves she keeps on
standing there for a few minutes
imagining him and talking to him
finally the author concludes the chapter
saying with their weekly visit to the
football match where once again Sofie
watches Danny making his way through to
score a goal hear the words eruption
means instant outburst and the family is
exultant which means overjoyed
approbation means appreciation and
support summary of going places Sofia is
a teenage girl who loves to dream and
imagines them to be true she dreams big
owning a boutique being as famous as
Mary Quint or an actress having lots of
money she does not acknowledge her
friend Jan Z's advice of being realistic
and accepting the fact that their future
is to be working at the biscuit factory
she weaves a story of meeting a football
player who is adored by her entire
family to attract their attention and
seek the affections of her elder brother
G off she desires to go out of her house
feel free in the big world waiting for
her she imagines that her brother and
Sophie are entering the world a missed a
huge applause by the audience she
convinces her brother and her dad that
she actually met him and he has fixed
her date for the next meeting also her
father wants her that these stories of
hers would put her into trouble one day
the family goes for a weekly outing
every Saturday to watch their favorite
United play on that particular Saturday
Danny scored a goal and the family was
very joyous and celebrated this upon
being questioned by Jan see she gets
nervous and disappointed that gof lead
the secret she asks chancy not to tell
anyone as it would upset her parents as
her imaginary date approaches she waits
for him on a bench under an elm tree by
the canal which she feels is appropriate
for the date she is so eager to meet him
that she imagines him walking towards
her she is very sad that Danny did not
turn up and his burden by the thought of
giving an explanation to her brother
above that she consoles herself that
Danny and she know the truth about their
meeting at the store on her way home she
crosses the store and once again
imagines meeting Danny Cassie they talk
to each other and she remains standing
there imagining him once again the
family goes for the weekly trip to watch
the match where Danny her hero once
again scores a goal and everyone is
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