Q1WouldChar

leyev
ergobackt
othet
icket
-count
eront
het
hir
dlev
elt
obuyt
icket
stoGal
esbur
g
forhi
msel
fandhiswif
e?

Charl
eyissureaboutthepresenceofthet
hir
dlevelaft
errecei
vingSam’
slet
ter
.So,
hewi
ll
def
ini
tel
ytrytofi
ndawayt or eachtheThi
rdLevel
.Ifhesucceedsindoi
ngso,t
henhemi
ghtbuy
twoti
cketstoGalesburgf
orhi msel
fandhiswif
e.

Q2Doy
out
hinkt
hatt
het
hir
dlev
elwasamedi
um ofescapef
orChar
ley
?Why
?

Thet hi
rdleveli
sanescapef orCharleyfrom t
hecont emporar
ysettingofi nsecuri
tyandwor r
y.
Hehadal wayswantedtolivehi sli
feinpeacelikehedidinGalesburg.Slowandser enel
ife
mesmer izedhim.Hewant edt ogobackt oapl acewherepeopleeat,drink,danceandcelebrate
l
ifetogether.Ali
fewheret hereisnohust lef
orsuperiori
tyandbrotherhoodpr evai
ls.But
physical
lythatwasn’tpossible,sohet ooktothethoughtsoftheThirdlev elwherehefoundan
escapef r
om reali
ty.

Q3Whatdoy
oui
nferf
rom Sam’
slet
tert
oChar
ley
?

Sam’sl et
teri
sar esultofChar l
ey’
simagi nati
on.Thiscanbeunderstoodfrom thefactt
hatthe
l
etterwasenclosedi naf i
rst
-daycov erandaddr essedtohisgr
andfather
.First-
daycoversare
usuallysentbyaper sontohi mselfonthel aunchdateofaparti
cul
arstamp.Thi sdonesot hat
theenv el
opeisstampedal ongwi ththedat eandi tr
emainsasamemor yforever.Such
envelopescarryonlyempt ylett
ersandar enotmeantt obeopened.ButChar leyhappensto
openoneofhi sgr andfat
hers’fir
st-
daycov ersdated11thJuly1894andf i
ndsSam’ slet
teri
ni t
.
Thispr ov
esthatSam’ slet
teriscompl etelyimaginar
y.

Q4‘
Themoder
nworldi
sfull
ofi
nsecur
it
y,f
ear
,war
,wor
ry,
andst
ress.
’Whatar
etheway
sin
whi
chweat
temptt
oovercomet
hem?

Themoder nwor l
disfullofinsecuri
ty,f
ear,war ,worr
y,andstress.Thisi
sbecauset hewor l
dhas
becomecompet i
ti
veandpeopl ewanttopull eachotherdown.Wef earf
ail
ure.Toov ercome
suchinsecur i
ti
es,wemustf i
rstacceptthatbot hgoodandbadcomehandi nhand.Hence, we
needtocr eateabalancebet weenper sonal,professi
onal,
creati
veandeconomi cspheresofli
fe.
Iti
simpor tantforustospendqual i
tyti
mewi thfamil
yandf r
iends,becreat
iveinart,poetr
yor
proseetc.Somesor tofspor t
,vacati
ons,i
ndoorgamesandheal thyeati
ngallsum upt omake
l
ife-st
ress-freeandhealthy.Lifei
sal l
aboutbal ance.

Q5Doy
ouseeani
nter
sect
ionoft
imeandspacei
nthest
ory
?

Theintersect i
onoftimeandspacei sseeninnumer abletimesint hestory.Charleytr
iestobuy
toGalesbur gbutdiscoversthathehaspr esent-
daycur rency.Thest ai
rsthatleadhimt ot he
thi
rdlevel arealsoseentobeoft he19t h-
centurypattern.Charl
eyal soopensupaf ir
st-day
coverwhi chissupposedt obebl ankfrom hi
sgr andfather’
scollecti
onofst ampsandi magi nesit
tobeSam’ sletter
.Inal
ltheseinstancesCharleyistransportedtoapar all
el worl
dofi magi nati
on
whereev er y
thinghappensaccordingtohiswi shes.Thismakeshi mv erysatisf
ied.But
si
mul
taneousl
ywhenheexper
iencest
hingsoft
hecont
empor
arywor
ld,
heget
sconf
used.

Q6Appar
enti
l
logi
cal
i
tysomet
imest
urnsoutt
obeaf
utur
ist
icpr
oject
ion?Di
scuss.

Whatappear stobei l
logicaltodayof tenturnsoutt obear eali
tytomorrow.Thi shasmost l
y
beent hetr
endwi thscientif
icinventions.Forexampl e,thecamer a,gr
avit
y,sun, moon,star
setc.
Thet houghtofhumansbei ngabl etof l
ywasonceani l
logicalthoughtthattheWr ightBrot
hers
had.Itlat
erturnedoutt obear eali
tyinthef orm ofair
planesandpar achutes.Simil
arl
y,the
baselessthoughtoftalkingtopeopl eov erlongdi st
ancesbyGr aham Bellmadehi mi nventthe
tel
ephone.Themobi l
ephonei sy etanotherv ersi
onoft aki
ngt het el
ephonet othenextlevel
.All
theseinventi
onswer eseededi nabsur dimagi nat
ions.Time, effort
,pati
ence,hardwor kand
resourcesmakei l
logi
cal thoughtsgetconv ertedtoreal-t
imei nventi
ons.

Q7Phil
atel
yhelpskeepthepastal
iv
e.Discussot
herwaysi
nwhichthi
sisdone.Whatdoyou
t
hinkofthehumantendencytoconstant
lymovebetweent
hepast
,thepresentandt
hef
utur
e?

Keepingt
hepastalivealsomeanspr eservi
ngmemor ies.Therearevariouswaysi
nwhich
memor i
escanbepr eserved.Earl
ierpeoplewouldmai ntai
nadi aryt
okeephappeningsrecor
ded.
Somewoul dalsosafel
ypr eserv
el et
ters/souveni
rs/
giftsthattheyr
eceivedfr
om ot
hers.Asti
me
changedandtechnologygotl ar
gelyinvolv
edintohumanl ife,
peoplethesedaysmakev i
deosor
takephot
ographstocapt uremoment s.

Humanshav easharpabil
it
ytokeephappeningsrecordedi nmemor y .Thisenabl
est
hem to
constant
lygobacktoanyeventinthepastandrecall
it.Also,sometimeswehumanst endto
day-dr
eam.Daydream isanot
hernamef ordreamingaboutt hefuture.Hence,weashumans
havethepowertodelvedeepint
ot hepast
,li
ngerabouti npresentandal soimagi
net
hef ut
ure.
Iti
sadv i
sabl
etousethispowerproperl
ysothatbett
erf utur
ecanbebui l
t .

Q8 Youhav er
ead‘Advent
ure’
byJayantNar
li
kari
nHor
nbi
l
lCl
assXI
.Compar
ethei
nter
weav
ing
off
antasyandreal
i
tyinthetwost
ori
es.

Jay antNar l
ikar’
s‘Advent ure’isadetail
edexpl anati
onofwhathappenst oaper sonwhenhi slif
e
i
sst uckbet weent wowor l
dsi .
e.,i
maginati
onandr eal
ity.Bot
hPr of
essorGaitondeandChar ley
hav er eachedapoi ntwher et heyareunablet odisti
nguishbetweent heworl
dofr eali
tyand
fantasy .ProfessorGaitondei ssoengr ossedi nthoughtsofthebattleofPanipatthathe
visualizesithappeningi nfrontofhi m duri
ngt heaccident.Theaccidentf
orhim doesn’tremai n
l
imi tedt ohisownl oss.Her atheri
magi nesittobet hechaoticbatt
leofPanipatandmoul dsi ti
n
awayt hathewi shed.

Si
mil
arly
,Charl
eycomplet
elyi
ndul
geshi
msel
fint
hethoughtsofGal
esburg.So,
heimagi
nest
he
pr
esenceoftheThi
rdLevelwhi
chcoul
dhel
phimreachGalesbur
g–thelandofhisdr
eams.

Bot
hoft
hem wer
eext
remel
yunsat
isf
iedwi
tht
hecur
rentscenar
ioanddesper
atel
ywant
edt
o
changei
t.Butsuchachangewasnotpossi
bleonthegroundsofreal
it
y.So,
thebothcreat
eda
venti
nthei
rimaginat
iont
hatcoul
dtaket
hem totheut
opiainwhichtheywantedt
oliv
e.