Going Places by A.R.Burton In the chapter Going Places by A. R. Barton, the title has multiple layers of meaning : Success: Sophie imagines a glamorous future and believes she is "going places" in life. Literal Meaning: She escapes her ordinary mundane life through fantasies and goes to many places in her imagination and meets the footballer Danny Casey. Irony of the title: The title suggests progress and exciting possibilities, but happens just the other way round, Sophie has not actually gone anywhere. Her "journey" exists only in her imagination. Dreams are motivators or de-motivators? Dreams can inspire people to work hard and achieve success. However, Sophie's dreams are unrealistic because she neither plans nor works towards realising them. Instead of accepting her circumstances and making practical efforts, she escapes into fantasy. Thus, dreams are valuable only when they are supported by determinati...