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Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 1. The Third Level (Removed) Summary, Explanation, Question Answers (NCERT Solutions)

The Third Level (1. The Third Level (Removed)) CBSE class 12 English Vistas Chapter 1. The Third Level (Removed) summary with detailed explanation of the lesson The Third Level along with meanings of difficult words. Given here is the complete explanation of the lesson, along with summary, explanation and questions and answers of each topic of lesson 1. The Third Level (Removed).

English Vistas (Chapter 1. The Third Level (Removed)) Solution
 Reading with Insight

1. Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?

Answer :


Yes, I think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley. Life in modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worries and stress. Man has to confront them all the times. The harsh realities of life make living quite unpleasant and even unbearable. So he wants to escape into a wishful world. Charley talks to his psychiatrist friend about the third level at the Grand Central Station. His friend calls it “a walking-dream wish fulfillment”. Charley possesses an escapist tendency. Even his stamp collecting is a ‘temporary refuge from reality’.


All Questions of English Vistas Chapter 1. The Third Level (Removed)
Reading with Insight
1. Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
2. What do you infer from Sam’s letter to Charley?
3. ‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?
4. Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
5. Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
6. 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?
7. You have read ‘Adventure’ by Jayant Narlikar in Hornbill Class XI. Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the two stories.

Read and Find Out
What does the third level refer to?
Would Charley ever go back to the ticket-counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?

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