When Geoff told their father about Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey, their father neither believed him nor her. He is aware of Sophie’s habit of lying and indulging in fantasy. He dismisses the information, by calling it another of her ‘wild stories’.
As Sophie sat by the canal, she felt that this would be the perfect place for her date with Danny Casey. She thought that when she would meet him here, it would be so romantic. However, the realisation that such a thing is impossible saddened her.
The only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person was on Saturday when she, her father and two brothers went to watch the United play at the stadium.
Sophie said so because she was angry at Geoff for giving away the secret, which he was supposed to keep to himself and not disclose to anyone. She had told Geoff of her imaginary meeting with Danny Casey. She knew he would easily believe her and not say anything to anybody. Besides, Sophie was also…
While Jansie is practical, Sophie is a daydreamer. Jansie, is a realistic and grounded girl. Sophie on the other hand wants to escape her reality and yearns to be free.
Sophie did not want Jansie to know anything about her meeting with Danny Casey because Jansie was a gossipmonger. She took interest in knowing things about others, but would not keep any secret. Sophie feared that Jansie would tell the whole neighbourhood about this and Sophie’s fantasy would be exposed.
Geoff was an introvert and Sophie envied her brother’s silence as she thought that he had access to a world that she had never got a chance to visit. She sought her brother’s affection and approval because Geoff was not critical and disapproving of her like her father. To her, Geoff’s world symbolised freedom and…
No, Geoff did not keep his promise to Sophie. The moment he learnt that Sophie met Danny Casey, he told his father about it. Later, Jansie confronted Sophie saying that Geoff told her brother, Frank, about Sophie meeting Danny, and Frank, in turn, gave her this information.
Geoff was an introvert by nature. Sophie was jealous of his silence because when he was not speaking, it seemed to Sophie that he was away somewhere, in his own world, the places Sophie had never been to, the people whom she had not met. The mystery of the world to which Geoff belonged fascinated…