How does Sam view Charley's concept of the Third Level? How was he entrapped into it?
Sam was a psychiatrist. He was also a friend of Charley. When Charley fantasied about the Third Level at Grand Central Station, he visited Sam for consultation. Sam declared it merely a ‘temporary refuge’ from his tension. He called it a waking-dream-wish-fulfilment. But slowly he himself got trapped in this imaginary world. He talked to many psychic patients daily, who told him about their woes and worries. It had made Sam's life a burdened one. He also started trying to find sojourn. He wanted to escape from the life which had become woeful after listening to the afflictions of the patients suffering from mental diseases.
Unconsciously, he also felt like breaking all the barriers of the realities of life and moved freely in the world of fantasy. He wanted to imagine himself in the world, where there are no repressed fears and conflicts embedded in the minds of the people. He first did not believe in the whim of the Third Level, but deep in his heart, he wanted to believe in this fantasy. He knew that Charley was not right, but he wished Charley to be right and then slowly he started finding the reality in a whim and got trapped.
‘The modern consumerist world is full of fear, insecurities, stress and wars.’ What are the ways in which we try to combat them?
Describe narrator's journey to the Third Level of the Grand Central Station at New York.
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How did Charley stumble into the Third Level at Grand Central Station?
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Narrate Charley's visit to the Third Level of the Grand Central Station, New York.
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How did Charley reach the third level of Grand Central? How was it different from the other levels?
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What made Charley believe that he was actually standing at the third level?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?Why do you think that the Third Level was a medium of escape for Charley?
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How does the story interweave fantasy and reality?
