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1. THE THIRD LEVEL Presentation Made by :-Vedant Mahajan Presented by :- Vedant Mahajan Class -12 th A Roll no. 37

2. Overview The Third Level Class 12 by Jack Finney deals with the irreversible harsh consequences of war. A war leaves people witnessing it in a state of insecurity and fear. It is about modern-day problems, uncertainties, and stress which everybody wants to escape. It is a story of a 31-year-old man named Charlie and his psychological condition in which he hallucinates and visits a third level of the Grand Central Station which has only two levels.

3. About The Author The author of“Third Level” is an American author, Walter Braden “Jack” Finne y. He was born on October 2, 1911, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is very famous for his works on science fiction and thriller stories, “The Body Snatchers ” and “Time and Again ” are some of his best works.

4. Characters Sam : Sam is the second most important character in the story. He is a psychiatrist and a friend of the protagonist, Charlie. When Charlie experiences the presence of the third level in the grand central station of New York, he visits Sam for consultation due to his wife. Charlie : Charlie is the protagonist of the story and also the narrator of the story. He is a thirty one-year-old man. He was not happy with his present life, and one night he had a weird incident when he experienced the third level of the Grand Central Station of New York, which supposedly has only two levels. Louisa : Louisa Mebbin was the protagonist’s wife. She was a shrewd and cunning woman, who perfectly knew how to grab any opportunity that comes at her door. She was also called an opportunist in the story.

5. Third Level Class 12 starts with the story revolving around a thirty-one-year-old man named Charlie who had a weird experience. While returning to his residence he reaches the third level of the Grand Central station, which does not exist. He reminisces the entire experience with his friend Sam, who is a psychiatrist and terms this experience as “a waking dream wish fulfilment.” Charlie had hallucinated time travel to somewhere in 1894, a time before the world saw the two deadly World Wars. After he had realised that he had time travelled he wanted to buy two tickets to Galesburg, Illinois. He wanted to travel to Galesburg with his wife Louisa. According to Sam, his psychiatrist friend, he wanted to escape the reality of the harsh world.  The next day Charlie reached the station to look for that third level to visit Galesburg, but he didn't find it. Charlie hence resorts to his stamp collection which would distract him from his thoughts of the third level. While going through his stamp collections he finds a letter from Sam who had gone missing recently. He wrote that he always believed in Charlie’s idea of the third level. He says he himself is present in the third level. He motivated Charlie and Louisa to keep looking for the third level.

6. Bibliography https://WWW.BYJUS.COM https://WWW.CBSE.GOV.IN NCERT Textbook(Supplementary)