Sohpie' realworld*
• Sophie the protagonist- a teenager belongs to the poor socio economic background
• she doesn’t own a decent house.
• her brother Geoff is an apprentice mechanic
• her father worked hard for a living
• her mother had a crooked back due to the house-hold burden
• both her parents as well as her brother lacked sophistication
• she is earmarked for working in a biscuit factory
*Sohpie' fantasies**
• Sophie lives in a world of her own
• she wants to start a boutique
• she wants to earn money by becoming a manager, an actress or even a fashion designer
• 'areas of Geoff’* life’ which are unknown to her hold a special fascination for her
• she fantasizes and goes to places in her imagination
• she is fond of hero worship and fantasizing
• her hero is an Irish player Danny Casey
• dreams of meeting him and taking his autograph
• is so much obsessed with meeting him
• starts believing her imaginations as real
• she crosses the border of normalcy when she tells her family that she actually met him and that he wants to take her on a date
• nobody believes her
• then she actually goes to the place and literally waits for him to appear
• feels disappointed
• she still believes that she had met him.
