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The Third Level
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Reproduce in your own words, the Third Level of the Grand Central Station, New York.

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Specify some of the unusual things that the narrator noticed at the Third Level of the Grand Central Station.

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How did Charley know that he had bumped into the past?

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What kind of people did Charley ‘see’ at the third level?

Answer

There does not exist any Third Level at the Grand Central Station, New York. It is Charley’s own imagination and fantasy that he is involved in. In reality it is his journey into the past and the Third Level might have existed a century ago.

A man was sitting there in the booth. He wore a green eye-shade and a long black sleeve protectors. He saw a man glancing at his watch. He wore a derby hat, a black four button suit with small lapels. He had a big black handlebar mustaches. Other people had worn dresses like eighteen ninetees. They had beards, side burns and fancy mustaches. A woman was wearing a dress with leg of mutton sleeves and high buttoned shoes. He also saw a news-boy having. The world’ and the name was published on June 11,1894.

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Some More Questions From The Third Level Chapter

What docs the third level refer to?

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Was there a Third Level? Give an evidence from the story in support of you answer?

Would Charley ever go back to the ticket-counter on the Third Level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?

Do you think that the Third Level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?

What do you infer from Sam's letter to Charley?

'The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.” What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?

Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?

Apparent illogically sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection. Discuss.

Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other ways in which this is done. What do you think of the human tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future?

You have read ‘Adventure’ by Jayant Narlikar in Hornbill class XI. Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the two stories.

Why does Charley say that Grand Station is growing like a tree in the story “The Third Level”?

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What happens when Charley enters the Grand Central Station?