Sophie aspires for a romantic touch in her relationship with Danny Casey. What is theroot cause of her imagination running wild?
There is a poignancy in the story that comes from the inevitability of the narrative heading towards a tragic end. Sophie aspires for a romantic touch in her relationship with Danny Casey because she wants to give some meaning to the apparent meaningless towards which her life was headed. In spite of her grand dreams, she like Jansie was probably aware of the direction in which her life was going to go. It was the unlikeliest thing to happen, a romance between her and Danny Casey but that did not stop her from dreaming about it even if she knew that it was her imagination.
The root cause of her imagination running wild was the knowledge of the inevitability of its culmination in tragedy. She knew she was a mere speck on the wheel of life but to a person, his own self is more important to him that any other thing. One cannot decide what other people choose to believe but all the same it made her despondent knowing that she would never be able to show them that they were wrong to doubt her. This romantic relationship, in spite of it germinating only in her imagination, gave some significance to her seemingly unimportant life.
The root cause of her imagination running wild was the knowledge of the inevitability of its culmination in tragedy. She knew she was a mere speck on the wheel of life but to a person, his own self is more important to him that any other thing. One cannot decide what other people choose to believe but all the same it made her despondent knowing that she would never be able to show them that they were wrong to doubt her. This romantic relationship, in spite of it germinating only in her imagination, gave some significance to her seemingly unimportant life.