Chapter: 8 

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1. Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
āĻĻুāϝ়োāϜāύী āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϝ়ে āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ⧰ āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­াā§ąāύা āĻ•'āϤ āφāĻ›িāϞ?
Answer:- There were only  a few months left when both Sophie and Jansie would pass out from school. Jansie knew that they were both ‘earmarked for the biscuit factory’. It was also possible that they could get some work in a shop. In spite of Sophie’s wild dreams Jansie knew what they were earmarked for.
āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻ•েāχāĻŽাāĻšāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāĻ•ী āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ›āĻĢি āφ⧰ু āϜাāύ্āϏি āĻĻুāϝ়ো āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻ“āϞাāχ āϝাāĻŦ। āϜাāύ্āϏিāϝ়ে āϜাāύিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āĻĻুāϝ়ো 'āĻŦিāϏ্āĻ•ুāϟ āĻ•াā§°āĻ–াāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āύিā§°্āϧাā§°িāϤ' āφāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāχāϟোāĻ“ āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ą āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĻোāĻ•াāύāϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āĻŦāύ্āϝ āϏāĻĒোāύ ā§°āĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰া āϏ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“ āϜাāύāϚিāϝ়ে āϜাāύিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•িāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āύিā§°্āϧাā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

2. What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?'
āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āĻ•ি āĻŦিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒā§° āϏāĻĒোāύ āĻĻেāĻ–িāφāĻ›িāϞ? āϜাāύ্āϏিāϝ়ে āĻ•িāϝ় āϤাāχāĻ• āĻāύে āϏāĻĒোāύ āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈ āύিā§°ুā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āϕ⧰ে?
Answer:- Sophie lived in a dreamy world. She wanted to open a boutique. She wanted to have the most amazing shop that city had ever seen. The other option was to be an actress. She also thought of becoming a fashion designer. Jansie had her feet firmly planted on the ground. She wanted Sophie to be sensible and drop all her utopian plans.
āĻ›āĻĢি āĻāĻ–āύ āϏāĻĒোāύ⧰ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻāϟা āĻŦুāϟিāĻ• āĻ–ুāϞিāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āϚāĻšā§°āĻ–āύে āĻĻেāĻ–া āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āφāĻļ্āϚ⧰্āϝāϕ⧰ āĻĻোāĻ•াāύāĻ–āύ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ। āφāύāϟো āĻŦিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻ…āĻ­িāύেāϤ্ā§°ী āĻšোā§ąা। āϤাāχ āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻĢেāĻļ্āĻŦāύ āĻĄিāϜাāχāύাā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻ•āĻĨাāĻ“ āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›িāϞ। āϜাāύ্āϏিāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ­ā§°িāĻŦোā§° āĻŽাāϟিāϤ āĻĻৃāĻĸ়āĻ­াā§ąে ā§°োāĻĒāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻ›āĻĢি āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽাāύ āĻšāĻ“āĻ• āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻ•াāϞ্āĻĒāύিāĻ• āĻĒā§°িāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

3. Why did Saphie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?
āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϜিāĻ“āĻĢে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤাāχ āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিāĻ• āϞāĻ— āĻĒাāχāĻ›ে āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϚাāĻĢিāϝ়ে āĻ•িāϝ় āϘূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ?
Answer:- Sophie knew her father well. She didn’t want that he should know about her meeting with Casey. He could be angry. This is exactly what happened. Geoff told his father that Sophie had met Danny Casey. He turned his head to look at her with disdain. Sophie wriggled where she was sitting.
āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•āĻ• āĻ­াāϞāĻĻā§°ে āϚিāύি āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻŦিāϚ⧰া āύাāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϏি āĻ•েāϚিā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤাāχ⧰ āϏাāĻ•্āώাāϤ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϜাāύিāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ–ং āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻ িāĻ• āĻāχāϟোā§ąেāχ āϘāϟিāĻ›িāϞ। āϜিāĻ“āĻĢে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিāĻ• āϞāĻ— āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āϏি āϤাāχāĻ• āϘৃāĻŖাā§°ে āϚাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽূā§° āϘূā§°াāχāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ›āĻĢি āϝ়ে āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ াāχāϤ āϘূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।

4. Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?
āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤাāχ⧰ āϏাāĻ•্āώাāϤ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āĻ•ি āĻ•āϝ় āϜিāĻ“āĻĢে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰ে āύেāĻ•ি?
Answer:- No, Geoff doesn’t seem to believe Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey. He says: “It’s never true.” Again he repeats, “I don’t believe it”. He asks, “... What does he look like?”.So he doesn’t seem to be convinced that Sophie met Casey.
āύāĻšāϝ়, āϜিāĻ“āĻĢে āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āϏাāĻ•্āώাāϤāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰া āϝেāύ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāχāĻĻā§°ে āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ: "āĻāϝ়া āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϏঁāϚা āύāĻšāϝ়।" āφāĻ•ৌ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻ•āϝ়, "āĻŽāχ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āύāϕ⧰োঁ"। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏুāϧিāϞে, "... āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা āĻĻেāĻ–াāϝ়?"। āĻ—āϤিāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āϝেāύ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে āϝে āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āĻ•েāϚিāĻ• āϞāĻ— āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ।



5. Does her father believe her story?
āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰ে āύেāĻ•ি?
Answer:- No, Sophie’s father doesn’t believe her story. No doubt, he is crazy and a great fan of young Danny Casey. But when Geoff tells him that Sophie met Danny Casey, his father turns his head to look at her. He ignores her totally. He thinks that this is another of  her ‘wild story’.
āύāĻšāϝ়, āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āύāϕ⧰ে। āĻ•োāύো āϏāύ্āĻĻেāĻš āύাāχ, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒাāĻ—āϞ āφ⧰ু āĻĄেāĻ•া āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিā§° āĻāϜāύ āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻ…āύুā§°াāĻ—ী। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϜিāĻ“āĻĢে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিāĻ• āϞāĻ— āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĢাāϞে āϚাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽূā§° āϘূā§°াāχāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤাāχāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āωāĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ­াāĻŦে āϝে āĻāχāϟো āϤাāχ⧰ āφāύ āĻāϟা 'āĻŦāύ্āϝ āĻ•াāĻšিāύী'।



6. How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?
āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ­ā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤ⧰ āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাāϤ āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ­াāϝ়েāĻ• āϜিāĻ“āĻĢāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ āϕ⧰ে?
Answer:- Geoff is an apprentice mechanic. He doesn’t share Sophie’s wild dreams. He speaks little. She is jealous of his silence. She wishes she can share those unknown areas of his life. She imagines riding behind Geoff to the world of fantasy.
āϜিāĻ“āĻĢ āĻāϜāύ āĻāĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŖ্āϟিāĻ› āĻŽেāĻ•াāύিāĻ•। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āĻŦāύ্āϝ āϏāĻĒোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻ­াāĻ— āĻŦāϤ⧰া āύāϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•āϝ়। āϤাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āψ⧰্āώাāϕ⧰ে। āϤাāχ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে āϝে āϤাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āϏেāχ āĻ…āϜ্āĻžাāϤ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻ­াāĻ— āĻŦāϤ⧰া āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϤাāχ āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰ে āϝে āϜিāĻ“āĻĢā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āĻĢাāϞে āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύাā§° āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϞৈ āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।

7. Which country did Danny Casey play for?
āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিāϝ়ে āĻ•োāύ āĻ–āύ āĻĻেāĻļā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ–েāϞিāĻ›িāϞ?
Answer:- Danny Casey played for United.
āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিāϝ়ে āχāωāύাāχāϟেāĻĄā§° āĻšৈ āĻ–েāϞিāĻ›িāϞ।


8. Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āĻ•িāϝ় āĻŦিāϚ⧰া āύাāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϜাāύ্āϏিāϝ়ে āĻĄেāύিā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϜাāύিāĻŦ?
Answer:- Jansie told Sophie that Geoff gave the news of her meeting with Danny Casey. Sophie was startled. She cursed Geoff doing such a thing. “It wasn’t a Jansie kind of thing at all”. It was meant to be something special between Geoff and her. Jansie was ‘nosey’. Now the whole neighbourhood would come to know of the whole story.
āϜাāύ্āϏিāϝ়ে āĻ›āĻĢিāĻ• āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϜিāĻ“āĻĢে āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤাāχ⧰ āϏাāĻ•্āώাāϤ⧰ āĻ–āĻŦā§° āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। āϚāĻĢি āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āϜিāĻ“āĻĢāĻ• āĻāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āĻ­িāĻļাāĻĒ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। "āĻāχāϟো āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°ে āϜাāύ্āϏি āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āύাāĻ›িāϞ"। āĻāχāϟো āϜিāĻ“āĻĢ āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›িāϞ। āϜাāύ্āϏি 'āύাāϕ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে' āφāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻ—োāϟেāχ āϚুāĻŦুā§°ীāϝ়াāχ āĻ—োāϟেāχ āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟো āϜাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ।


9. Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey?
āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিāĻ• āϞāĻ— āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ āύেāĻ•ি?
Answer:- No, Sophie didn’t really meet Danny Casey. She was very much fascinated by the young Irish footballer. She imagined him coming to meet her. She sat there waiting for Casey. She knew that he would not come. She felt sad and disappointed. She was always lost in a dreamy world where she imagined nothing but Casey.
āύāĻšāϝ়, āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিāĻ• āϞāĻ— āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āϝুā§ą āφāχ⧰িāĻ› āĻĢুāϟāĻŦāϞাā§°āϜāύ⧰ āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āφāϕ⧰্āώিāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤাāχāĻ• āϞāĻ— āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻšিāĻ›ে। āϤাāχ āϤাāϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻ•েāϚিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ…āĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āϜাāύিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϏি āφāĻšিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āϤাāχ āĻĻুāĻ–ী āφ⧰ু āĻšāϤাāĻļ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻāϟা āϏāĻĒোāύ⧰ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻšেā§°াāχ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝ'āϤ āϤাāχ āĻ•েāϚিā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ে āφāύ āĻāĻ•ো āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰া āύাāĻ›িāϞ।

10. Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?
āĻ•োāύāϟো āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āωāĻĒāϞāĻ•্āώ āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤাāχ āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিāĻ• āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤāĻ­াā§ąে āϚাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ?
Answer:- She saw Danny in person only on one occasion. The family went to watch United on Saturday. She watched how United won two-nil. Her idol Casey drove in the second goal. She saw how he goaled beating the goalkeeper. Sophie glowed with pride.
āϤাāχ āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āĻāĻŦাā§°āĻšে āĻĄেāύীāĻ• āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤāĻ­াā§ąে āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞāϟোā§ąে āĻļāύিāĻŦাā§°ে āχāωāύাāχāϟেāĻĄ āϚাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āϚাāχāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āχāωāύাāχāϟেāĻĄে āĻĻুāχ-āĻļূāύ্āϝāϤ āϜāϝ় ীāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ⧰ āφāχāĻĄāϞ āĻ•েāϚিāϝ়ে āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āϟো āĻ—'āϞāϤ āĻ—াāĻĄ়ী āϚāϞাāχāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϏি āĻ—'āϞ⧰āĻ•্āώāĻ•āĻ• āĻĒā§°াāϏ্āϤ āϕ⧰ি āĻ—'āϞ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ›āĻĢি āĻ—ৌā§°ā§ąেā§°ে āϜিāϞিāĻ•ি āωāĻ িāϞ।


UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
1. Sophie and Jansie were class-mates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?
āĻ›āĻĢি āφ⧰ু āϜাāύ্āϏি āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āϏāĻšāϕ⧰্āĻŽী āφ⧰ু āĻŦāύ্āϧু āφāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟোāϤ āĻĻেāĻ–ুāĻ“ā§ąা āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻ•ি āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝ āφāĻ›িāϞ?
Answer:- Sophie and Jansie  are students of a senior class. Only a few months were left when they would pass out of school. They are ‘good’ friends too. But in tastes and temperaments they are poles apart. Sophie is not a girl of this world. She floats constantly in a fairyland. She has fantastic dreams and doesn’t want to come out of them. She is an incurable escapist. On the other hand, Jansie  is every  inch a girl of ‘this’ world. She keeps her feet firmly planted on land.
āĻ›āĻĢি āφ⧰ু āϜাāύ্āϏি āĻāϜāύ āϜ্āϝেāώ্āĻ  āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āĻļিāĻ•্āώাā§°্āĻĨী। āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻ•েāχāĻŽাāĻšāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāĻ•ী āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻ“āϞাāχ āϝাāĻŦ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• 'āĻ­াāϞ' āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻ“। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏোā§ąাāĻĻ āφ⧰ু āϏ্āĻŦāĻ­াā§ąāϤ āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āĻŽেā§°ুā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ•। āĻ›āĻĢি āĻāχ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āύāĻšāϝ়। āϤাāχ āĻāϟা āĻĒā§°ীāĻ­ূāĻŽিāϤ āύিā§°āύ্āϤ⧰ āĻ­াঁāĻšি āĻĨাāĻ•ে। āϤাāχ⧰ āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•াā§° āϏāĻĒোāύ āφāĻ›ে āφ⧰ু āϏেāχāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ“āϞাāχ āφāĻšিāĻŦ āύিāĻŦিāϚাā§°ে। āϤাāχ āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻĻুā§°াā§°োāĻ—্āϝ āĻĒāϞাāϝ়āύāĻŦাāĻĻী। āφāύāĻšাāϤে, āϜাāύ্āϏি āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āχāĻž্āϚিāϤে 'āĻāχ' āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী। āϤাāχ āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ­ā§°িāĻŦোā§° āĻŽাāϟিāϤ āĻĻৃāĻĸ়āĻ­াā§ąে ā§°োāĻĒāĻŖ āϕ⧰ি ā§°াāĻ–ে।

    Sophie and Jansie have different attitudes towards life and things. Sophie wants to open a boutique. She also entertains the idea of being an actress. She aspires to be a fashion designer too. She doesn’t know how she can do all these things. Jansie knows well that ‘they were earmarked for the biscuit factory’. She even advises Sophie to be sensible and practical.
    Sophie can’t open her heart to Jansie. She has no faith in Jansie. She is ‘nosey’ trying to know every new thing about others. She fears that Jansie can’t digest the news of her meeting with Casey. The whole neighbourhood will come to know of it soon.
āĻ›āĻĢি āφ⧰ু āϜাāύ্āϏিā§° āϜীā§ąāύ āφ⧰ু āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŽāύোāĻ­াā§ą āφāĻ›ে। āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āĻāϟা āĻŦুāϟিāĻ• āĻ–ুāϞিāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে। āϤাāχ āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻ…āĻ­িāύেāϤ্ā§°ী āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϧাā§°āĻŖাāϟোāĻ“ āĻŽāύোā§°āĻž্āϜāύ āϕ⧰ে। āϤাāχ āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻĢেāĻļ্āĻŦāύ āĻĄিāϜাāχāύাā§° āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈāĻ“ āφāĻ•াংāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰ে। āϤাāχ āύাāϜাāύে āϤাāχ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻāχ āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϜাāύ্āϏিāϝ়ে āĻ­াāϞāĻĻā§°ে āϜাāύে āϝে 'āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦিāϏ্āĻ•ুāϟ āĻ•াā§°āĻ–াāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āύিā§°্āϧাā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ'। āϤাāχ āφāύāĻ•ি āĻ›āĻĢিāĻ• āĻŦোāϧāĻ—āĻŽ্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°িāĻ• āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়ে।
    āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ় āϜাāύ্āϏিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ–ুāϞিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āϜাāύ্āϏিā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ•োāύো āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āύাāχ। āϤাāχ āφāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āύāϤুāύ āĻ•āĻĨা āϜাāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›ে। āϤাāχ āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰ে āϝে āϜাāύ্āϏিāϝ়ে āĻ•েāϚিā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤাāχ⧰ āϏাāĻ•্āώাāϤ⧰ āĻ–āĻŦā§°āϟো āĻšāϜāĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āĻ—োāϟেāχ āϚুāĻŦুā§°ীāϝ়াāχ āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞেāχ āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϜাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ।



2. How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?
āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āĻĻেāωāϤাāϕ⧰ āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§° āφ⧰ু āϏ্āĻŦāĻ­াā§ą āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ?

Answer:- A.R.Barton draws Sophie’s father in parts. He gives a ‘sketchy’ picture of his character and temperament. He has a plump face looking grimy and sweaty. He doesn’t seem to be a soft or sophisticated man. On the other hand, he gives a picture of aggressive manliness. Sophie seems to fear him. He doesn’t believe in his daughter’s ‘wild stories’. He is a crazy football fan of Irish footballer Casey.
    Sophie’s father is in his true element when he talks of football. He hopes that Casey may be even better than Tom Finny. On Saturday, he goes to watch United with Sophie Geoff and little Derek. United wins two-nil and Casey drives in the second goal. He goes to a pub to celebrate the victory.
āĻ.āφ⧰.āĻŦাā§°্āϟāύে āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ…ংāĻļāϤ āφāϕ⧰্āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϚ⧰িāϤ্ā§° āφ⧰ু āϏ্āĻŦāĻ­াā§ąā§° āĻāĻ–āύ 'āϏ্āĻ•েāϚ্āϚি' āĻ›āĻŦি āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ• āφ⧰ু āϘ⧰্āĻŽাāĻ•্āϤ āĻĻেāĻ–াāĻ—ৈāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ āĻŦা āĻ…āϤ্āϝাāϧুāύিāĻ• āĻŽাāύুāĻš āϝেāύ āύাāϞাāĻ—ে। āφāύāĻšাāϤে, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ• āĻĒুā§°ুāώāϤ্āĻŦā§° āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ›āĻŦি āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āϤাāĻ• āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰া āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜীāϝ়েāϕ⧰ 'āĻŦāύ্āϝ āĻ•াāĻšিāύী'āϤ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āύāϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāχ⧰িāĻ› āĻĢুāϟāĻŦāϞাā§° āĻ•েāϚিā§° āĻāϜāύ āωāύ্āĻŽাāĻĻ āĻĢুāϟāĻŦāϞ āĻ…āύুā§°াāĻ—ী।
    āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤ āωāĻĒাāĻĻাāύāϤ āφāĻ›ে āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĢুāϟāĻŦāϞ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•āϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāĻļা āϕ⧰ে āϝে āĻ•েāϚি āϟāĻŽ āĻĢিāύিāϤāĻ•ৈāĻ“ āĻ­াāϞ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻļāύিāĻŦাā§°ে, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ›āĻĢি āϜিāĻ“āĻĢ āφ⧰ু āϏ⧰ু āĻĄেā§°েāϕ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āχāωāύাāχāϟেāĻĄ āϚাāĻŦāϞৈ āϝাāϝ়। āχāωāύাāχāϟেāĻĄে āĻĻুāχ-āĻļূāύ্āϝ āϤ āϜāϝ় āϞাāĻ­ āϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āĻ•েāϚিāϝ়ে āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āϟো āĻ—'āϞāϤ āĻĄ্ā§°াāχāĻ­ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦিāϜāϝ় āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āϝাāϝ়।


3. Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolise?
āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ­াāϝ়েāĻ• āϜিāĻ“āĻĢāĻ• āφāύ āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ•িāϝ় āĻŦেāĻ›ি āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ? āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻৃāώ্āϟিāĻ•োāĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°া, āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•ি āĻĒ্ā§°āϤীāĻ• āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- Sophie likes her brother Geoff more than any other person in the world. She can open her heart to him. She knows that Geoff is the person who can listen to her ‘wild stories’. Her father is too bossy and aggressive. He hates Sophie’s fantastic stories. Jansie is her classmate and friend. But Jansie is ‘nosey’. She can’t be trusted. But Geoff can be trusted to keep all Sophie’s secrets to himself.
    Sophie likes and loves Geoff very much.  She is eager to share even those areas of his life about which she knows nothing. She is jealous of his silence. Words have to be prized out of him. Geoff is the only one she can talk to about Danny Casey. Geoff is always the first to share her interests. In his own way he tries to tell her that ‘Casey must have strings of girls’. He would never show up again. But he does so in a manner that may not break the young heart of a day-dreamer.
āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ­াāϝ়েāĻ• āϜিāĻ“āĻĢāĻ• āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āφāύ āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻŦেāĻ›ি āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়। āϤাāχ āϤাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ় āĻŽুāĻ•āϞি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϤাāχ āϜাāύে āϝে āϜিāĻ“āĻĢ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϏেāχāϜāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āϝিāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ 'āĻŦāύ্āϝ āĻ•াāĻšিāύী' āĻļুāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ• āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻŦāĻ›ি āφ⧰ু āφāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ•। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•াā§° āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāĻŦোā§° āϘৃāĻŖা āϕ⧰ে। āϜাāύ্āϏি āϤাāχ⧰ āϏāĻšāĻĒাāĻ ী āφ⧰ু āĻŦāύ্āϧু। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϜাāύ্āϏি 'āύাāϕ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে'। āϤাāχāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻ—োāĻĒāύীāϝ়āϤা āύিāϜ⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ ā§°াāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈ āϜিāĻ“āĻĢāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি।
    āĻ›āĻĢিāϝ়ে āϜিāĻ“āĻĢāĻ• āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ় āφ⧰ু āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়।  āϤাāχ āφāύāĻ•ি āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āϏেāχ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āĻŦোā§°āĻ­াāĻ— āĻŦāϤ⧰া āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻšী āϝাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϤাāχ āĻāĻ•ো āύাāϜাāύে। āϤাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āψ⧰্āώাāϕ⧰ে। āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽূāϞ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ। āϜিāĻ“āĻĢ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āϝাā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤাāχ āĻĄেāύি āĻ•েāϚিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϜিāĻ“āĻĢে āϏāĻĻাāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āĻ­াāĻ— āĻŦāϤ⧰া āϕ⧰া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ। āύিāϜ⧰ āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤাāχāĻ• āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰ে āϝে 'āĻ•েāϚিā§° āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীā§° āϤাঁā§° āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—িāĻŦ'। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφ⧰ু āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϕ⧰ে āϝিāϝ়ে āĻāϜāύ āĻĻিāύ-āϏāĻĒোāύ āĻĻেāĻ–ুāĻ“ā§ąা āϝুā§ąāĻ•-āϝুā§ąāϤীā§° āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ় āĻ­াāĻ™িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।


4. What socio- economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of her family’s financial status?
āĻ›āĻĢি āĻ•ি āφ⧰্āĻĨ-āϏাāĻŽাāϜিāĻ• āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āĻ­ূāĻŽিā§° āφāĻ›িāϞ? āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāϤ্āϤীāϝ় āϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āϏূāϚāĻ•āĻŦোā§° āĻ•ি?

Answer:- We can make a general assessment of socio-economic background of Sophie and her family. They belong to a lower middle class family. Jansie and Sophie are classmates and friends. Sophie is an escapist. She dreams of things that she can’t get in real life. She dreams of opening a boutique and becoming a fashion designer. Jansie knows that they are both already earmarked for the biscuit factory. Sophie’s wild dreams need a lot of money. Little Derek understands his unrealistic sister well. He asks: “She thinks money grows on trees...Dad?”.
āφāĻŽি āĻ›āĻĢি āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āφ⧰্āĻĨ-āϏাāĻŽাāϜিāĻ• āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āĻ­ূāĻŽিā§° āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻŽূāϞ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°োঁ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āĻāϟা āύিāĻŽ্āύ āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŦিāϤ্āϤ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰। āϜাāύ্āϏি āφ⧰ু āĻ›āĻĢি āϏāĻšāĻĒাāĻ ী āφ⧰ু āĻŦāύ্āϧু। āĻ›āĻĢি āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻĒāϞাāϝ়āύāĻŦাāĻĻী। āϤাāχ āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ą āϜীā§ąāύāϤ āĻĒাāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏāĻĒোāύ āĻĻেāĻ–ে। āϤাāχ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦুāϟিāĻ• āĻ–োāϞা āφ⧰ু āĻĢেāĻļ্āĻŦāύ āĻĄিāϜাāχāύাā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻĒোāύ āĻĻেāĻ–ে। āϜাāύ্āϏিāϝ়ে āϜাāύে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āĻĻুāϝ়োāχāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŦিāϏ্āĻ•ুāϟ āĻ•াā§°āĻ–াāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āύিā§°্āϧাā§°িāϤ āĻšৈ āφāĻ›ে। āĻ›āĻĢিā§° āĻŦāύ⧰ীāϝ়া āϏāĻĒোāύāĻŦোā§°āĻ• āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āϧāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύ। āϏ⧰ু āĻĄেā§°েāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ą āĻ­āύীāϝ়েāĻ•āĻ• āĻ­াāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦুāϜি āĻĒাāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāχāĻĻā§°ে āϏুāϧিāĻ›িāϞ: "āϤাāχ āĻ­াāĻŦে āϝে āĻ—āĻ›āϤ āϟāĻ•া āĻŦাāĻĸ়ে... āĻĻেāωāϤা?"।

    Her socio-economic background is reflected by her brother Geoff occupation. He is an apprentice mechanic. He travels to his work each day to the far side of the city. His jacket is shapeless. Her father lacks sophistication. He grunts and tosses one of little Derek’s shoes from his chair onto the sofa. The family doesn’t own a servant or a car. All these things confirm that they belong to a lower-income group.
āϤাāχ⧰ āφ⧰্āĻĨ-āϏাāĻŽাāϜিāĻ• āĻĒৃāώ্āĻ āĻ­ূāĻŽি āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ­াāϝ়েāĻ• āϜিāĻ“āĻĢ āϜীā§ąিāĻ•াā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĢāϞিāϤ āĻšāϝ়। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻāĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŖ্āϟিāĻ› āĻŽেāĻ•াāύিāĻ•। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĻিāύে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ•াāĻŽāϞৈ āϚāĻšā§°ā§° āĻĻূā§°āϞৈ āĻ­্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āϕ⧰ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜেāĻ•েāϟāϟো āφāĻ•ৃāϤিāĻšীāύ। āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻেāωāϤাāϕ⧰ āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§°āϤাā§° āĻ…āĻ­াā§ą āφāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϘূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°ে āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϚāĻ•ীāĻ–āύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϏ⧰ু āĻĄেā§°েāϕ⧰ āϜোāϤাā§° āĻāϟা āϚোāĻĢাāϞৈ āϟāĻ› āϕ⧰ে। āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞāϟোā§° āĻ•োāύো āϚাāϕ⧰িāϝ়াāϞ āĻŦা āĻ—াāĻĄ়ী āύাāχ। āĻāχ āϏāĻ•āϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§ąে āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āϕ⧰ে āϝে āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āύিāĻŽ্āύ-āωāĻĒাā§°্āϜāύāĻ—োāϟ⧰ āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ।


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