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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words :
In one's approach to life one should be practical and not live in a world of dreams. How is Jansie's attitude different from that of Sophie?
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उत्तर
Both the girls are sky apart. Jansie was simple, practical, a realist and down to earth. She was well aware of her family background and their affordability. She was well aware of her middle class status. She never indulged in hollow dreams. She was a good friend as she always advised her to be practical.
Sophie on the other hand wanted to live in dreams and fantasies. She ran away from realities and had an escapist nature. It had made her thinking wild and impractical. She was always indulged in impossible plans. First she thought of setting up a boutique and then became confident on becoming a manager or an actress. She thought that world was ready to receive her with open arms. As a true dreamer she convinced herself of meeting Danny Casey and having a date with him.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words :
Give the socio-economic conditions in which Sophie lived should she have big dreams? Why? Why not?
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:
Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:
Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?
Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words:
Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?
Answer the following question in 120-150 words :
It is not unusual for a lower middle class girl to dream big. How unrealistic were Sophie's dreams ?
Answer the following question in 120 − 150 words:
It is normal for adolescents to fantasise and indulge in hero worship. How far is it true of Sophie?
Why did Jansie not approve of Sophie’s dream ?
Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meanings from the context.
1. incongruity 5. arcade
2. prodigy 6. amber glow
3. chuffed 7. wharf
4. solitary elm 8. pangs of doubt
What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her to have such dreams?
Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?
Did Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?
Does her father believe her story?
Which country did Danny Casey play for?
Sophie and Jansie were class-mates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?
Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolise?
Discuss in pairs
1. Sophie’s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind.
2. It is natural for teenagers to have unrealistic dreams. What would you say are the benefits and disadvantages of such fantasising?
Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey?
Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?
Look for stories or movies where this theme of hero worship and fantasising about film or sports icons finds a place.
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
Why did Sophie wish to delve more deeply in 'her brother's affections'?
