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    THE THIRD LEVEL...

    -JACK FINNEY
    JACK FINNEY (1911-1995) WAS AN
    AMERICAN AUTHOR KNOWN FOR HIS
    SCIENCE FICTION AND TIME TRAVEL
    STORIES. HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK IS
    “THE BODY SNATCHERS,” WHICH
    INSPIRED SEVERAL FILM
    ADAPTATIONS, INCLUDING THE
    CLASSIC “INVASION OF THE BODY
    SNATCHERS.” FINNEY’S WRITING
    OFTEN EXPLORED THE INTERSECTION
    OF THE ORDINARY AND THE
    EXTRAORDINARY, CAPTURING THE
    IMAGINATION OF READERS WITH HIS
    -JACK FINNEY SPECULATIVE AND THOUGHT-
    PROVOKING NARRATIVES.
    • THEME

    THE THEME OF THE CHAPTER “THE THIRD LEVEL” BY JACK FINNEY REVOLVES
    AROUND THE CONCEPT OF TIME TRAVEL AND THE EXPLORATION OF ALTERNATE
    REALITIES. IT EXPLORES THE IDEA OF A THIRD LEVEL OF EXISTENCE THAT EXISTS IN
    THE PAST, CHALLENGING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN REALITY AND IMAGINATION.
    THE PROTAGONIST’S JOURNEY RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF
    PERCEPTION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSCENDING THE CONSTRAINTS OF TIME.
    •CHARACTER SKETCHES-

    CHARLIE was a nervous person. His hobby


    was collecting stamps. He was a young man,
    yet he was afraid to live in the violent society.
    He desired to visit a peaceful and idyllic place.
    Charley is an optimist who constantly sees the
    positive aspects of situations. He regularly
    expresses his desire to escape the ordinary
    reality of his daily existence and is also a
    dreamer.
    LOUISA is a practical, level-headed, and
    rational person. Louisa helps her husband
    stay grounded by reminding him of his
    responsibilities in the outside world. She is
    also portrayed as being a loving and
    understanding wife to her anxious husband.
    Louisa first has doubts about the Third Level
    and believes it is just a figment of her
    husband’s imagination
    SAM WEINER was a psychiatrist. He was
    Charley’s friend as well. Sam is a practical and
    sensible individual who enjoys his life. He retains
    his composure and is resistant to Charley’s
    imaginative ideas. However, out of curiosity and a
    desire to disprove Charley, Sam ultimately decides
    to go with him.

    He spoke with several psychic patients every day,


    who shared their problems and fears with him.
    Sam’s life has become burdened as a result of
    this.
    THE THIRD LEVEL-

    • It’s New York brand GRAND CENTRE


    STATION has TWO LEVELS but
    CHARLEY, a 31 year old resident of
    New York, talks about THIRD LEVEL.
    He believes in the existence of the
    hypothetical third level and claims to
    have been there.
    • Charley discussed about the third level with Sam Weiner who is a
    psychiatrist, a friend of Charley. Sam told that it was a waking dream wish
    fulfillment.

    • Louisa, was mad at Charley because of


    explanting about the illusion happened to
    him. Sam explained that he meant the
    modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war
    and worries. So, he wanted to escape
    temporarily from reality by collecting stamps.
    • He refuse to accept that he was trying to escape from reality.
    He justified it by saying that even his Grandfather and
    President Roosevelt were also collecting stamps.

    PRESIDENT
    ROOSEVELT
    • One night, Charley worked late at office. He decided to
    go home early by taking a Subway from grand Central
    because it is faster than bus. That night he was wearing
    a tan gabardine suit and a straw hat with a fancy band .

    • He entered grand centre station and reached till the second


    level. There is a new door way which leads to third level. Even
    though, he came to grand Central station many times, he
    bumped into new door ways leading to new places each time.
    He thinks that grand Central is growing like a tree 🌴 pushing
    out new corridors and staircase like roots.
    • For many people through the years grand Central
    has been an exit, a way of escape from reality, maybe
    that’s how he got into the third level Charley thought.

    • The corridor which leads to third level began


    angling left and slanting downward and he kept on
    walking. He thought that route was wrong but he kept
    on walking. He didn’t pass a soul and it was so silent
    that he can hear his own footsteps.
    • He reached the end of the tunnel where he can hear people talking. He Went
    down a short flight of stairs and came out on the third level at Grand Central
    Station.
    • The rooms were smaller, there were fewer ticket windows, train gates and the
    information booth in centre was made of wood and old looking. The lights were
    dim and sort of flickering. He noticed that they there were open flame gaslights.
    There were brass spittoons on the floor.

    Flame Gaslights Brass


    spittoons
    • He saw a man pulling a gold watch from this vest pocket. He wore a derby
    hat, a black four button suit with tiny lapels,.

    • Charley looked around and everyone were


    dressed like 1890 something. Men where
    having many beards, side burns and fancy
    mustaches like handlebar mustaches. He
    also saw a woman, she wore a dress with leg-
    of-mutton sleeves and skirts to the top of her
    high-buttoned shoes.
    Handlebar
    mustaches.
    Leg Of mutton
    sleeves
    • To confirm is doubt, he walked over to a news boy and glanced at stack of
    papers at his feet. It was THE WORLD. The world hasn’t been published for
    years. The newspaper is something about President CLEVELAND. It was
    printed on June 11,1894. By this he confirmed that he was in 1894.

    • Galesburg, Illinois. It’s a wonderful June 11,1894


    town, with big old frame houses, huge
    lawns , where the men smoke sigars and
    women waving palm-leaf fans, with the
    fire-flies all around, in a peaceful world, President
    Before the first and second world war. He CLEVELAND

    wanted two tickets for Galesburg, Illinois


    to live there with his wife in 1894.
    • He turned towards the ticket counter. The clerk figured the fare, he glanced at
    Charley’s fancy hatband. Charley had enough for two coach tickets. The clerk
    nodded at the bills he told that that wasn’t money. Because it was different
    looking from old style bills. He got out fast from there because there was
    nothing nice about jail even in 1894.

    • He came out of the third level to bring his wife along with him next day, he drew
    300 dollars out of bank and brought old style currency from a coin dealer, but he
    have to pay a premium. His 300 dollars brought less than 200 dollars in old style
    bills. But he didn’t care because egg were 13 cents a dozen in 1894.
    • He never again found corridor that leads to third level at grand Central station
    although he have tried often enough. After a while Charley stopped looking for
    third level as Louisa said to do so.
    • But after some days, they started searching again since Sam disappeared !
    Charley suspected that Sam was in third level since Sam always said that he
    likes the sound of Galesburg.
    • First day cover is when a new stamp is issued, stamp collectors buy some and
    use to mail envelope to themselves on very first day of sale and they just put a
    blank paper in it.
    • One night fussing with his stamp collection, Charley found a first day
    cover among his oldest ones. It was mailed to his grandfather at his home
    in Galesburg; that’s what the address on the envelope said. The stamp was
    a six cent, dull brown with a picture of president Garfield.
    • Charley opened the first day cover. It wasn’t blank. It read
    941 Willard Street Galesburg,
    Illinois
    July 18, 1894
    Charley

    I got to wishing that you were right. Then I got to believing you were right. And, Charley,
    it’s true; I found the third level! I’ve been here two weeks, and right now, down the street
    at the Daly’s, someone is playing a piano, and they’re all out on the front porch singing
    ‘Seeing Nelly Home.’ And I’m invited over for lemonade. Come on back, Charley and
    Louisa. Keep looking till you find the third level! It’s worth it, believe me!

    The note is signed by Sam.


    • Then Charley went to coin store and found out that Sam bought 800
    dollars and went to third level to develop hay, feed and grain business.
    Because he can’t be a psychiatrist in 1894.

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