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The Third Level

Question
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What information does the lesson point out about Galesburg Illinois of 1894? Why does Charley want to go there?

Solution

Galesburg Illinois is still a wonderful town with big old frame houses, huge lawns and tremendous trees. In 1894, it reflected a world of romance, leisure, freeness and repose. Summer evenings were twice as long. The people sat out on their lawns. The men smoked cigars and talked quickly. The women sat in leisure waving palm-leaf fans. Charley wanted to go back there to escape from insecurity, fear, war, worry and tension of the modern world.