Introduction Of Chapter
- This Is An Interesting Story
That Is Set After The World Wars. Consequently, The Life Was Full Of Fear, Insecurity And War.
- This Story Talks About The
Figments Of Imaginations That Can Be Used To Escape From Reality.
- In This Chapter Charley Founds
Himself On The Third Level At The Grand Central Station. But The Authorities As
Well As Others Swore That There Were Only
Two Levels At The Grand Central.
Main
Characters In The Story :-
1. Charley
2. Sam (Psychiatrist )
3. Louisa (wife of charley)
Summary
Charley Claims That He Has Been
On The Third Level Of The Grand Central Station. But Other People Don’t Agree With Charley And Swear That There Are Only Two Levels At The Grand Central Station. Charley Consults His Psychiatrist Friend And Tells Him About The Third Level Of
The Grand Central Station. He Calls It A "Walking Dream Wish Fulfillment" . According To Sam
Charley Was Unhappy .
It Became Clear That Is The Burden Of All The Modern Problems That Is Pushing
Him To Experience The Apparent Perception Of Something Not Present. His Friend Also Think Him As An Escapist. Stamp Collecting Habit Of Charley One Night Charley Worked Late At The Office .
He Was In Hurry To Reach Home. So, He Decided To Take The Subway From Grand Central Station. He Goes Down The Steps To The First Level. Then He Walks Down To The Second Level ,Then He Ducked Into An Arched Doorway Heading For
The Subway And Got Lost. He Had Lost
His Way A Couple Of Times Earlier Too While Taking The Subway.
It Is Very Easy To Get Lost At The Grand Central. Grand Central Is Growing Like A Tree. Pushing Out New Corridors And Staircases Like Roots. Once he got into a tunnel about a mile long and came out in the lobby of the
Roosevelt hotel. Another time he came up in an office building Came Out On The Third Level At Grand Central Station.
For Just A Moment Charley Thought He Was Back On The Second Level. Bu He Saw The Room Was Smaller. Fewer Ticket Windows, Wooden Old Styled Information Booths. He Sees Flickering Open Flame Gaslights. Brass Spittoons On The Floor, Derby Hats And Four Button Suits, Men With Beards . Sideburns And Moustaches Women With Skirts, High Buttoned Shoes Old Style Locomotives With Funnel Shaped Stack
Then He
Walks Over To A Book Shop And Buys A Copy Of “The World” (Newspaper) Has Not
Published For Years The Copy He Buys Was Printed On June 11, 1894 Charley Wishes To Buy Two Tickets To Galesburg. But Clerk Stares At Him Since The Currency Is Different He Glances At The Cash Drawer And The Money Is In Old Style Notes And Different
Looking. He Turns And Get Out Fast. Next Day He Withdraw Three Hundred Dollars Out Of His Bank , He Buys Old Style
Currency. His Three Hundred Dollars Buy Less Than 200
In Old Style Notes But He Has Never Again Found The Corridor That Leads To The Third Level At
Grand Central Station.
Louisa Is Worried, She Doesn’t Want Him To Look For The Third Level. Both Charlie And Louisa Have Proof That The Third Level Is Still There. Charley’s Friend Sam Disappears. Nobody Knows Where He Was, But Charley Suspects Him To Be In Galesburg. He Liked The Place Galesburg Very Much. Charley Had Often Told Him About The Place. That Night Charley Finds Among His Oldest First Day Covers A Rare Envelope. It Had Been Mailed To His Grandfather At His Home In Galesburg. Post Mark Showed July 18, 1894
FIRST DAY
COVER ( Stamp collectors buy stamps on the day of release Mail the envelopes, blank paper in it with the postmark of the date to
themselves ) Charley Had Never Seen That Before. He Can’t Understand How It Came Here He Takes It Out And Opens It The Letter Was Addressed To Charley By Sam It Was Written That Charley Was Right About Third Level. Sam Had Found The Third Level. He Was In Galesburg. Sam Suggests Keep Searching For The Third Level. Charley Goes To The Stamp And Coin Store. He Finds Out That Sam Had Bought 800 Dollars Worth Of Old Style Currency Money Was Enough To Set Up Grain And Cattle Business.
Most important questions for
board exams
1. What Does The Third Level Refer To ?
What Is The Significance Of The Third Level ?
2. What Was Written In Sam’s Letter To Charley ?
3. What Did The Narrator See Unusual At The
Third Level ?
4. How Did Charley Reach The Third Level Of
Grand Central ? How Was It Different From The Other Levels ?
