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?
Jack Finney's story The Third Level’ interweaves between fantasy and reality. The Third Level is medium of escape for Charley from the present harsh realities of modem life which is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and tension. It is a safe route for Charley to go to Galesburg in order to escape from trouble. So he tries to purchase two tickets for Galesburg, Illinois from the Third Level at Grand Central. The Third Level is merely a fantasy that exists in Charley's mind only.
His psychiatrist friend, Sam calls it a waking-dream-wish-fulfilment. In reality Charley fails to cope up with the modern world which is full of fears and worries. He just wants to escape. He takes it for a reality and plans to go to Galesburg. He even exchanges his new bills of three hundred dollars for old style bills. But he is never able to find the Third Level. It is because the Third Level has existed in his fantasy only. Hence it can be well ascertained that the Third-Level is a medium of escape for Charley. It is only his escapist fantasy.
‘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?How does Sam view Charley's concept of the Third Level? How was he entrapped into it?
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?