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From the story ‘Going Places’ it emerges that Sophie belonged to a mediocre or rather poor socio-economic background. She aspires to have a boutique, but she has no means or money to fulfil her dreams. After school she is most likely to work in a biscuit factory.
When she says that if ever she has money she will buy a boutique, her father says that if she ever has money, she would better buy them a decent house to live in. That shows that their house must have been in a shabby condition. The small room of their house was “steamy from the stove and the dirty washing was filed up in the corner. Her brother Geoff was an apprentice mechanic.
He had to travel to his work each day to the far side of the city. Her father had a bicycle which we came to know when Sophie saw it propped against the wall of the pub. Thus we can say that Sophie belongs to a poor family. Their social life seems to be confined to watching the matches played by the United team.