Character Sketch of Sophie ('Going Places' by A.R Barton)

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Sophie has been portrayed as a central character in the story 'Going Places' by modern writer A.R Barton. Sophie represents girls of her age from poor families. As in reality they can't have the things they want. That's why they dream about them. Sophie is a girl who always lives in her dreams, she always dreams impossible things which are beyond the approach.   Sophie is the story’s teen aged protagonist who, despite her dismal working-class life, spends much of her time fantasizing about a glamorous and wealthy future. She dreams of being a shop-owner and actress, or maybe a fashion designer, despite how unlikely those careers are, since she has no money and is expected to one day work at the local biscuit factory to help make ends meet. While Sophie is vocal and exuberant about her dreams, her family members and her friend Jansie actively discourage her, seeming offended by Sophie’s audacity and whimsy. Sophie appears adrift in her home, alienated from all her family members except, perhaps, her older brother Geoff, whom she sees as a potential ally, somebody who might have an interesting life into which he could invite her, thereby helping her escape their reality.
To impress Geoff and the rest of her family, Sophie concocts an elaborate fantasy that she met Geoff’s favorite football player, Danny Casey, who also wants to open a boutique. She claims that Danny Casey asked her on a date, and on the night she said they were to meet, she goes to wait for Danny Casey on a bench, seeming to believe he might actually appear. As she realizes that Danny Casey isn’t coming, her heart is broken—not because she feels romantically jilted, or because she even wanted to meet Danny Casey, but because she knows she will have to confess to her family that he didn’t come, and they will have one more reason to dismiss her. As she walks back to her dismal life, Sophie fantasizes about Danny Casey scoring a goal in front of a roaring crowd—but in the fantasy, Danny Casey seems like Sophie (he is “no taller” and “no bolder” than Sophie). All along, it seems, Sophie’s fantasy of Danny Casey was really a fantasy of her own success.

Sophie Quotes in Going Places

    

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