Going places summary

Summary Sophie and Jansie, two school girls, were coming home from school. Sophie is a daydreamer. She told Jansie that after school she would have a boutique. Jansie told her that it would need a lot of money to have a boutique. But Sophie is not discouraged. She said she would be manager and then save money. Jansie pointed out that they would not make her manager straight off. However, Sophie persisted in her fantasising. She said that she would be like Mary Quant. She would have the most amazing shop in that city. Jansie knew that they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory. She became melancholy and wished Sophie wouldn’t say those things. She told Sophie to be sensible. They didn’t pay well for shop work. Moreover, her dad would never allow it. Sophie changed track. She said that she would become an actress. There was real money in that field. She could also have boutique as side business as actresses did not work full time. Alternatively, she would become a fashion designer — something a bit sophisticated. At home Sophie declares that when she comes in money she will have a boutique. Her father, who was back from day’s work, and is eating a shepherds’ pie retorts. He tells her that he will thank her if she can buy a decent house for the family. Her younger brother Derek also scoffs at her impracticable idea. He remarks that she thinks money grows on trees. Her mother who is bent over the sink, could only sigh. The small room was steamy from the stove and clutter...

Going Places is a short story by A. R. Barton which presents the perceptions, dreams and desires of an adolescent girl. The readers get a glimpse in the life of the protagonist, Sophie: her relationship with her friends and family, her socio-economic position and her dreams and fantasies. Dealing with themes of, adolescence, escapism, hero worship and fantasizing, this story beautifully portrays the subtle intermingling of various emotions that one encounters in the giddy phase of life that is teenage. Got No Time? Check out this Quick Revision by Litbug Summary Going Places opens up with a conversation between two adolescent girls, Sophie and Jansie, who are discussing their plans for the future. Sophie first expresses her wish to open a boutique, then of becoming a manager, followed by an actress before finally settling on becoming a fashion designer. We are told that all she wants is to do something ‘ sophisticated‘. Her friend Jansie isn’t quite impressed with her romantic ideas as they had earlier decided on starting a biscuit factory. In the end, Sophie leaves Jansie standing in the rain before entering her house saying these words: “ If ever I come into money I’ll buy a boutique.” “ Huh – if you ever come into money… if you ever come into money you’ll buy us a blessed decent house to live in, thank you very much.” Sophie’s father is eating a shepherd’s pie and his face is plump and sweaty. Her father, her mother and her little brother Derek are in the room. Derek pr...

Going Places is a short story by A. R. Barton which presents the perceptions, dreams and desires of an adolescent girl. The readers get a glimpse in the life of the protagonist, Sophie: her relationship with her friends and family, her socio-economic position and her dreams and fantasies. Dealing with themes of, adolescence, escapism, hero worship and fantasizing, this story beautifully portrays the subtle intermingling of various emotions that one encounters in the giddy phase of life that is teenage. Summary Going Places opens up with a conversation between two adolescent girls, Sophie and Jansie, who are discussing their plans for the future. Sophie first expresses her wish to open a boutique, then of becoming a manager, followed by an actress before finally settling on becoming a fashion designer. We are told that all she wants is to do something ‘ sophisticated‘. Her friend Jansie isn’t quite impressed with her romantic ideas as they had earlier decided on starting a biscuit factory. In the end, Sophie leaves Jansie standing in the rain before entering her house saying these words: “ If ever I come into money I’ll buy a boutique.” “ Huh – if you ever come into money… if you ever come into money you’ll buy us a blessed decent house to live in, thank you very much.” Sophie’s father is eating a shepherd’s pie and his face is plump and sweaty. Her father, her mother and her little brother Derek are in the room. Derek provokes the father by saying that Sophie thinks “ mone...

On their way home from school, Sophie informs her friend Jansie that one day she will own a boutique. Skeptical, Jansie tells Sophie that she would need money, but Sophie is undeterred. She says she’ll be a manager first, which Jansie finds implausible, but Sophie is confident that her natural talent will land her “the most amazing shop this city’s ever seen.” The first thing readers learn about Sophie is her desire for a better future through a glamorous (though unrealistic) career. And although readers understand that it’s unlikely that her dreams will become reality, it’s also clear that she has a determined spirit and an unwillingness to back away from her dreams. Sophie’s dreams are not ignorant of reality—they seem to exist in defiance of a reality that Jansie is trying to assert. Jansie, who knows that both she and Sophie are destined to work at the biscuit factory, feels sad when Sophie talks like this, and she asks Sophie to “be sensible,” since shop work isn’t lucrative and Sophie’s father would never allow it. Sophie replies that maybe she will be an actress, since there’s “real money in that.” She muses that she could have a boutique or be a fashion designer on the side, since actresses don’t work full time. The two girls clearly come from a working-class background, and it’s important to Sophie’s family that she make an income and contribute to their bills. This is a practical reason for Sophie not to pursue her dreams, which are financially riskier than worki...

Despite its occasional charm, its several amusing moments and the touching scenes played by Its story involved two loutish, brutal and unclean young men, Jean-Claude and Pierrot, who drift about France endlessly in a series of stolen cars. As a pastime, they terrorize old women, rape younger ones, beat up people whose looks they don’t like, rob, pillage and vandalize. And even at that, it’s not their actions that offend us; It’s the movie’s attitude toward them. I guess they’re supposed to come off as pathetic anti-heroes, driven to their cretinism out of terminal ennui. The sources for a movie like this are in pretty clear view. There was “ These materials were shaped by The movie opens with our heroes chasing, taunting and goosing a fat middle-aged lady before threatening her with rape and taking her money. That’s the cue for some “ In any event, not much further on down the road they kidnap a dumb blond (that’s the only term for her, as portrayed) and she comes along as a sort of sexual punching bag. They terrorize a family having a picnic, they rob a doctor who treats their wounds, they rob a 16-year-old of her virginity, and they perform various other activities of the sort relished by immature fetishists (even their fetishes lack imagination). And then, inexplicably, into the middle of this mess comes Jeanne Moreau, as a middle-aged woman just released from 10 years in prison. They pick her up, determine to be kind to her, spend time with her, have lunch with her, ma...

Running time 113 minutes Country France Language French Box office $42.9 million Going Places is a 1974 French Les Valseuses, which translates into English as "the waltzers" , a vulgar French slang term for "the It is one of the most controversial films in French cinema due to its vulgarity, depiction of sexual acts, nudity and amorality. However, Blier's later acclaim for the rest of his filmography made it a Plot [ ] Jean-Claude and Pierrot harass and sexually assault an older woman in a When they come back to the mechanic, he is angry that Marie-Ange was totally passive and apathetic during the rape. Pierrot fears that he has become Jean-Claude and Pierrot go to the country, stealing bicycles and a car from locals. When they have to stop at a train crossing and see police arriving, they flee their car and enter the almost empty train. They encounter a young woman who is breastfeeding her child and force her to let Pierrot suckle on her breasts. This arouses all three and they begin to have sex, before the woman notices that she has to leave the train at the station, where her husband is waiting. After encountering police on the train station, Jean-Claude and Pierrot decide to lay low and go to a deserted coastal resort, where they break into a vacation home to stay there. They notice that the home belongs to a family of three, with a daughter named Jacqueline. After finding Jacqueline's bathing suit, they smell it gleefully and estimate that she must be around 16 years ...

Going Places Summary In English Sophie and Jansie, two school girls, were coming home from school. Sophie declared that she was going to have a boutique. Jansie looked doubtful as something like that took money. Sophie said that she would find it. Jansie observed that it would take a long time to save that much. Sophie said she would be a manager till then. Jansie pointed out that they would not make her manager straight off. However, Sophie persisted in her fantasising. She said that she would be like Mary Quant. She would have the most amazing shop in that city. Jansie knew that they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory. She became melancholy and wished Sophie wouldn’t say those things. She told Sophie to be sensible. They didn’t pay well for shop work. Moreover, her dad would never allow it. Sophie changed track. She said that she would become an actress. There was real money in that field. She could also have boutique as side business as actresses did not work full time. Alternatively, she would become a fashion designer-something a bit sophisticated. “If ever I come into money I’ll buy a boutique,” she said, entering the house. Little Derek, who was hanging on to the back of his father’s chair, remarked, “She thinks money grows on trees, don’t she, Dad?” Their mother sighed. Sophie watched her back stooped over the sink. The small room was steamy from the stove and cluttered with the heavy-breathing man in his vest at the table and the dirty washing piled up in...