VISTAS CHAPTER-1
The Third Level Class 12 Question Answer | English Notes By Atul Sir। UP Board & CBSE
The Third Level - Pure Hindi Summary For Up Board
यह कहानी लेखक जैक फिननी की है जो तीसरे तल (Third Level) के बारे में बताते हैं।
चार्ली नाम का एक आदमी है जो 30 साल का है। वह कहता है कि ग्रैंड सेंट्रल स्टेशन, न्यूयॉर्क में तीन तल हैं - पहला तल, दूसरा तल और तीसरा तल। पर असल में ग्रैंड सेंट्रल में सिर्फ दो ही तल हैं - पहला और दूसरा। तीसरा तल सिर्फ चार्ली के दिमाग में है या था।
चार्ली अपनी पत्नी लुईसा के साथ न्यूयॉर्क में रहता है। वह बहुत तनाव में रहता है क्योंकि आज की दुनिया में बहुत डर, असुरक्षा और चिंता है। द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध के बाद लोग बहुत परेशान हैं। इसलिए चार्ली शांति और सुकून की तलाश में है।
एक दिन चार्ली ऑफिस से घर जाने के लिए ग्रैंड सेंट्रल स्टेशन जाता है। वहाँ वह गलियों में भटक जाता है और उसे एक अलग रास्ता मिलता है जो नीचे की तरफ जाता है। वह नीचे उतरता है और वहाँ उसे तीसरा तल मिल जाता है। तीसरा तल बिल्कुल 1894 जैसा दिखता है। वहाँ पुराने जमाने की लाइटें हैं, पीतल की थूकदान, छोटे इंजन, पुराने कपड़े पहने लोग, 1894 का अखबार 'The World'। वहाँ टिकट खिड़की पर 1894 के टिकट मिल रहे हैं।
चार्ली वहाँ से गैल्सबर्ग, इलिनॉय जाना चाहता है। गैल्सबर्ग एक छोटा, शांत शहर है जहाँ 1894 में लोग शांति से रहते थे। वह दो टिकट खरीदना चाहता है - अपने और अपनी पत्नी लुईसा के लिए। पर जब वह पैसे देता है तो क्लर्क कहता है कि ये तो आज के पैसे हैं, 1894 में ये नहीं चलते। चार्ली के पास आज के नोट हैं।
क्लर्क उसे टिकट नहीं देता। चार्ली डर कर वहाँ से भाग आता है और वापस अपने समय (आज) में आ जाता है।
अगले दिन वह अपने पुराने नोटों को बदलने के लिए बैंक जाता है और पुराने जमाने के पैसे खरीदता है। वह फिर से तीसरा तल ढूंढने जाता है पर उसे वह रास्ता कभी नहीं मिलता। वह बहुत कोशिश करता है पर तीसरा तल गायब हो जाता है।
चार्ली अपने दोस्त सैम वीनर को यह कहानी बताता है। सैम एक मनोचिकित्सक (psychiatrist) है। सैम कहता है कि चार्ली का तीसरा तल देखना उसकी इच्छा है कि वह वास्तविकता से भागना चाहता है। वह कहता है कि हर आदमी असल जिंदगी से भागने के लिए कोई न कोई रास्ता ढूंढता है। चार्ली के लिए वह तीसरा तल है।
पर कहानी के अंत में एक ट्विस्ट आता है। चार्ली को अपने दादा का एक पुराना एलबम मिलता है जिसमें एक लिफाफा होता है। उस लिफाफे में एक चिट्ठी होती है जो सैम वीनर ने लिखी है। चिट्ठी में लिखा है कि सैम खुद तीसरा तल ढूंढकर 1894 के गैल्सबर्ग चला गया है और वह वहाँ बहुत खुश है। वह चार्ली और लुईसा को भी वहाँ बुलाता है।
तब चार्ली को पता चलता है कि सैम भी अब 1894 में है। उसकी पत्नी लुईसा कहती है कि सैम ने तो पहले कहा था कि तीसरा तल सिर्फ सपना है, पर अब वह खुद वहीं चला गया।
कहानी हमें सिखाती है कि इंसान जब तनाव में होता है तो वह अतीत की शांत दुनिया में जाना चाहता है।
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The Third Level - Proper Summary in English Language)
SUMMARY IN ENGLISH (For CBSE Board)
This story is about Third Level at Grand Central Station, New York, told by author Jack Finney.
There is a man named Charley, 30 years old. He says there are three levels at Grand Central Station - first, second and third. But actually Grand Central has only two levels. The third level exists only in Charley's mind or imagination.
Charley lives in New York with his wife Louisa. He is under stress because modern world has fear, insecurity and worry. After Second World War, people are worried. So Charley is searching for peace and escape.
One day Charley goes to Grand Central to go home from office. He gets lost in corridors and finds a different route going down. He goes down and finds the Third Level. The Third Level looks like 1894. There are old lights, brass spittoons, small engines, people in old clothes, newspaper 'The World' dated 1894. Tickets of 1894 are available at counter.
Charley wants to go to Galesburg, Illinois from there. Galesburg is a small, peaceful town where people lived peacefully in 1894. He wants to buy two tickets - for himself and his wife Louisa. But when he gives money, clerk says this is today's money, not of 1894. Charley has modern currency.
Clerk does not give ticket. Charley gets scared and runs back to his present time.
Next day he goes to bank to exchange his modern notes for old style money. He again tries to find Third Level but he never finds the way again. He tries hard but Third Level disappears.
Charley tells this story to his friend Sam Weiner. Sam is a psychiatrist. Sam says Charley's seeing Third Level is his wish to escape from reality. He says everyone finds some way to escape from real life. For Charley, it is Third Level.
But at end there is a twist. Charley finds his grandfather's old album with an envelope. In the envelope there is a letter written by Sam Weiner. Letter says Sam himself found Third Level and went to Galesburg of 1894 and he is very happy there. He invites Charley and Louisa also there.
Then Charley knows Sam is also in 1894. His wife Louisa says Sam earlier said Third Level is just dream, but now he himself went there.
Story teaches that when man is under stress, he wants to go to peaceful world of past.
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CHARACTER SKETCH OF CHARLEY - IN PURE ENGLISH for CBSE
Charley is the central character and narrator of The Third Level. He is 30 years old man living in New York with his wife Louisa.
He is under stress and tension due to modern world with fear, insecurity and worries after World War II. He wants to escape from reality and find peace. So he imagines Third Level at Grand Central Station.
He is imaginative and daydreamer. He finds Third Level which looks like 1894 with old lights, spittoons, old clothes, newspaper The World. He wants to go to Galesburg, Illinois which is a peaceful town.
He is courageous also. He tries to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and Louisa. When clerk says his money is not of 1894, he runs away. Next day he exchanges money for old currency and tries to find Third Level again.
He is also curious. He loves stamp collection because his grandfather collected stamps. He believes in Third Level even though his wife and psychiatrist friend Sam say it is just imagination.
At the end, when he gets letter from Sam that Sam is in 1894 Galesburg, he becomes happy. He represents modern man who wants to escape to peaceful past.
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चार्ली का चरित्र चित्रण - शुद्ध हिंदी में UP Board
चार्ली इस कहानी का मुख्य पात्र और लेखक है। वह 30 साल का आदमी है जो न्यूयॉर्क में अपनी पत्नी लुईसा के साथ रहता है।
वह आधुनिक दुनिया के डर, असुरक्षा और चिंताओं के कारण तनाव में है, खासकर द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध के बाद। वह वास्तविकता से भागना चाहता है और शांति ढूंढना चाहता है। इसलिए वह ग्रैंड सेंट्रल स्टेशन पर तीसरे तल की कल्पना करता है।
वह कल्पनाशील और सपने देखने वाला है। उसे तीसरा तल मिलता है जो 1894 जैसा दिखता है - पुरानी लाइटें, पीतल की थूकदान, पुराने कपड़े, 1894 का अखबार। वह गैल्सबर्ग, इलिनॉय जाना चाहता है जो शांत शहर है।
वह साहसी भी है। वह अपने और लुईसा के लिए गैल्सबर्ग के दो टिकट खरीदने की कोशिश करता है। जब क्लर्क कहता है कि उसका पैसा 1894 का नहीं है तो वह भाग जाता है। अगले दिन वह पुराने जमाने के पैसे खरीदता है और फिर से तीसरा तल ढूंढने की कोशिश करता है।
वह जिज्ञासु भी है। उसे टिकट इकट्ठा करने का शौक है क्योंकि उसके दादाजी टिकट इकट्ठा करते थे। वह तीसरे तल में विश्वास करता है भले ही उसकी पत्नी और मनोचिकित्सक दोस्त सैम कहें कि यह सिर्फ कल्पना है।
अंत में जब उसे सैम की चिट्ठी मिलती है कि सैम 1894 के गैल्सबर्ग में है तो वह खुश हो जाता है। वह आधुनिक आदमी का प्रतीक है जो शांत अतीत में जाना चाहता है।
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CHARACTER SKETCH OF SAM WEINER - IN PURE ENGLISH for CBSE
Sam Weiner is Charley's friend and a psychiatrist.
He is intelligent and practical. When Charley tells him about Third Level, Sam says it is Charley's wish to escape from reality, a waking dream. He says modern world is full of insecurity and everyone wants to escape, so Charley imagines Third Level.
He is also a stamp collector like Charley. In the end, twist is that Sam himself finds Third Level and goes to Galesburg of 1894. He writes a letter to Charley from 1894 and says he is very happy there and invites Charley and Louisa.
His going to 1894 proves that he also wanted to escape from modern world, even though he called Charley's Third Level as imaginary. He represents that everyone wants peace of past.
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सैम वीनर का चरित्र चित्रण - शुद्ध हिंदी में UP Board
सैम वीनर चार्ली का दोस्त और मनोचिकित्सक है।
वह बुद्धिमान और व्यावहारिक है। जब चार्ली उसे तीसरे तल के बारे में बताता है तो सैम कहता है कि यह चार्ली की वास्तविकता से भागने की इच्छा है, एक जागता हुआ सपना। वह कहता है कि आधुनिक दुनिया असुरक्षा से भरी है और हर कोई भागना चाहता है, इसलिए चार्ली तीसरे तल की कल्पना करता है।
वह भी चार्ली की तरह टिकट इकट्ठा करने वाला है। अंत में ट्विस्ट यह है कि सैम खुद तीसरा तल ढूंढकर 1894 के गैल्सबर्ग चला जाता है। वह 1894 से चार्ली को चिट्ठी लिखता है और कहता है कि वह वहाँ बहुत खुश है और चार्ली और लुईसा को भी बुलाता है।
उसका 1894 में जाना साबित करता है कि वह भी आधुनिक दुनिया से भागना चाहता था, भले ही उसने चार्ली के तीसरे तल को काल्पनिक कहा था। वह दर्शाता है कि हर कोई अतीत की शांति चाहता है।
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THE THIRD LEVEL - WORD MEANINGS (Full Chapter)
English Word Hindi Meaning English Meaning
Third Level तीसरा तल Third floor at station
Grand Central ग्रैंड सेंट्रल (न्यूयॉर्क स्टेशन) Station in New York
Station स्टेशन Place for trains
Level तल Floor
Charley चार्ली (मुख्य पात्र) Main character
Louisa लुईसा (चार्ली की पत्नी) Charley's wife
Sam Weiner सैम वीनर (मनोचिकित्सक) Psychiatrist friend
Psychiatrist मनोचिकित्सक Doctor of mind
Galesburg गैल्सबर्ग (शांत शहर) Peaceful town in Illinois
Illinois इलिनॉय (अमेरिका का राज्य) State in USA
1894 1894 (साल) Year 1894
Spittoon थूकदान, पीकदान Box for spitting
Brass पीतल Metal brass
Newspaper अखबार Newspaper
The World द वर्ल्ड (अखबार का नाम) Newspaper name in 1894
Ticket टिकट Ticket
Clerk क्लर्क Ticket seller
Currency मुद्रा, पैसा Money
Old money पुराना पैसा Old style notes
Album एलबम Photo album
Envelope लिफाफा Envelope
Letter चिट्ठी Letter
Waking dream जागता हुआ सपना Dream while awake
Escape भागना To run away
Reality वास्तविकता Real life
Insecurity असुरक्षा Lack of safety
Worry चिंता Tension
Peace शांति Peace
THE THIRD LEVEL - COMPLETE WORD MEANING LIST (50+ Words)
_Part A - Starting ke Difficult Words_
1. Third Level - तीसरा तल - Third floor
2. Grand Central Station - ग्रैंड सेंट्रल स्टेशन - Famous station in New York
3. Charley - चार्ली - Main narrator, 30 years old
4. Louisa - लुईसा - Charley's wife
5. Sam Weiner - सैम वीनर - Psychiatrist friend
6. Psychiatrist - मनोचिकित्सक - Mind doctor
7. Waking dream wish fulfillment - जागते हुए सपने से इच्छा पूरी होना - Fulfilling wish in dream
8. Insecurity - असुरक्षा - No safety
9. Fear - डर - Afraid feeling
10. Worry - चिंता - Tension
11. Modern world - आधुनिक दुनिया - Today's world
12. Escape - बचना, भागना - To run from reality
_Part B - Grand Central ke Words_
13. Corridor - गलियारा - Passage
14. Lost - खो जाना - Lost way
15. Tunnel - सुरंग - Underground path
16. Spittoon - थूकदान - Box for spit
17. Brass - पीतल - Yellow metal
18. Gas lights - गैस की लाइटें - Old lights of 1894
19. Derby hat - डर्बी टोपी - Old hat of 1894
20. Four pockets - चार जेब वाला कोट - Old coat
21. Beard - दाढ़ी - Beard
22. Sideburns - कलम - Side hair
23. Newspaper - अखबार - The World
24. The World - अखबार का नाम - Newspaper dated June 11, 1894
25. Locomotive - रेल इंजन - Train engine
26. Small engine - छोटा इंजन - Old engine
27. Ticket window - टिकट खिड़की - Where tickets are sold
_Part C - Galesburg ke Words_
28. Galesburg - गैल्सबर्ग - Small peaceful town in Illinois
29. Illinois - इलिनॉय - State in USA
30. Two tickets - दो टिकट - For Charley and Louisa
31. One way - एक तरफ का - Only going
32. Currency - मुद्रा - Money
33. Old currency - पुराना पैसा - Money of 1894
34. Modern currency - आज का पैसा - Today's notes
35. Bank - बैंक - Place to exchange money
36. Premium - ज्यादा कीमत - Extra money for old notes
37. Stamp collection - टिकट इकट्ठा करना - Philately hobby
38. Philately - टिकट जमा करना - Hobby of stamps
_Part D - End Twist ke Words_
39. Grandfather - दादाजी - Grandfather
40. Album - एलबम - Old photo album
41. Envelope - लिफाफा - Cover for letter
42. Letter - पत्र - Letter from Sam
43. First Day Cover - पहले दिन का लिफाफा - Envelope with stamp
44. 1894 Galesburg - 1894 का गैल्सबर्ग - Sam is in 1894
45. Invitation - निमंत्रण - Call to come
46. Disappeared - गायब हो गया - Vanished
47. Could not find - नहीं ढूंढ पाया - Unable to find Third Level again
_Extra Board Exam Words_
48. Reality vs Fantasy - हकीकत बनाम कल्पना - Real vs imaginary
49. Time travel - समय यात्रा - Going to past
50. Nostalgia - अतीत की याद - Desire for past
51. Escapism - पलायनवाद - Running from reality
52. Psychological - मनोवैज्ञानिक - Related to mind
53. Stress - तनाव - Tension
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THE THIRD LEVEL - IMPORTANT SHORT QUESTION ANSWERS
_Q1. What does Charley say about Grand Central Station?_
_Ans:_ Charley says Grand Central Station, New York has three levels - first, second and third. But actually it has only two levels. Third Level exists only in his imagination and is a medium to escape.
_Q2. Who is Charley and what is his problem?_
_Ans:_ Charley is 30 years old man living in New York with wife Louisa. He is under stress due to fear, insecurity, worry of modern world after World War II. He wants peace and escape to past.
_Q3. What did Charley find at Third Level?_
_Ans:_ At Third Level Charley found old world of 1894 - gas lights, brass spittoons, derby hats, beards, small locomotives, newspaper The World dated June 11, 1894 and people in old clothes.
_Q4. Where did Charley want to go and why?_
_Ans:_ Charley wanted to go to Galesburg, Illinois of 1894 with his wife Louisa. Galesburg is small, peaceful town with big old houses, big trees, no fear and worry. He wanted peace.
_Q5. Why could Charley not get tickets to Galesburg?_
_Ans:_ Charley could not get tickets because he had modern currency. Clerk at Third Level said his money was not of 1894. So he ran away back to present.
_Q6. What did Charley do next day?_
_Ans:_ Next day Charley went to bank and exchanged his modern money for old style money paying premium. He tried to find Third Level again but he never found it again.
_Q7. What does Sam Weiner say about Third Level?_
_Ans:_ Sam Weiner, psychiatrist and Charley's friend, says Third Level is Charley's waking dream wish fulfillment. Modern world is insecure, so Charley wants to escape to past. It is imaginary.
_Q8. What is the twist at the end of story?_
_Ans:_ Twist is that Sam Weiner himself finds Third Level and goes to Galesburg of 1894. He writes a letter to Charley from 1894 saying he is happy there and invites Charley and Louisa. He was stamp collector.
_Q9. What is First Day Cover?_
_Ans:_ First Day Cover is an envelope with new stamp pasted and date stamped. Charley finds such envelope in his grandfather's album which contains Sam's letter from 1894 Galesburg.
_Q10. What is the theme of The Third Level?_
_Ans:_ Theme is escapism - modern man under stress wants to escape from fear, insecurity, worry of modern world to peaceful past. Third Level is medium of escape. Past was peaceful.
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THE THIRD LEVEL - LONG QUESTION ANSWER (5-6 Marks)
_Q1. Describe Charley's experience at Third Level._
_Ans:_ Charley is 30 years old man under stress due to modern world. One day he goes to Grand Central Station to catch train. He gets lost in corridors and finds a way going down. He reaches Third Level which looks like 1894.
There he sees gas lights, brass spittoons, derby hats, four-pocket coats, beards, sideburns, small locomotives, newspaper The World dated June 11, 1894. People are in old dress. Ticket counter sells tickets of 1894.
Charley wants to go to Galesburg, Illinois which is peaceful town. He wants two tickets for himself and wife Louisa. But clerk says his modern currency is not valid in 1894. Charley gets scared and runs back to present world. Next day he exchanges money for old currency but never finds Third Level again. He tells his friend Sam Weiner.
_Q2. What is the twist at the end? How does Sam go to Galesburg?_
_Ans:_ Charley tells his psychiatrist friend Sam Weiner about Third Level. Sam says it is waking dream wish fulfillment, Charley wants to escape from insecurity of modern world. Everyone wants some escape.
But at end, twist comes. Charley finds his grandfather's album with a First Day Cover envelope. Inside there is a letter from Sam Weiner dated July 18, 1894 from Galesburg, Illinois.
Sam writes that he found Third Level and went to Galesburg of 1894. He is very happy there. People are peaceful. He invites Charley and Louisa to come there. He says he is doing business of hay and grain.
This proves Sam himself also wanted escape and went to past, even though he called Charley's experience imaginary. It shows everyone wants peace of past.
_Q3. What is the theme or central idea of The Third Level?_
_Ans:_ The main theme of The Third Level is escapism and nostalgia. Modern world after World War II is full of fear, insecurity, worry, stress. Man wants to escape from reality to peaceful past.
Charley is modern man under stress. He imagines Third Level at Grand Central which is actually gateway to past (1894). Galesburg, Illinois represents peaceful world with big houses, big trees, no war, no fear. It is ideal world.
Sam Weiner, psychiatrist, says it is waking dream wish fulfillment - everyone wants to escape. But at end Sam himself goes to 1894, proving everyone wants escape.
Story also shows time travel and fantasy. Author Jack Finney shows that past was more peaceful and present is stressful. Man always desires to go to past for peace. The story is about desire to escape.
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THE THIRD LEVEL - IMPORTANT MCQs
_Q1. Who is the author of The Third Level?_
a) Jack Finney
b) Kalki
c) A.R. Barton
d) Robert Frost
_Ans: a) Jack Finney_
_Q2. How many levels does Charley say Grand Central has?_
a) Three
b) Two
c) Four
d) One
_Ans: a) Three_
_Q3. Who is Charley's wife?_
a) Louisa
b) Jansie
c) Sophie
d) Edla
_Ans: a) Louisa_
_Q4. Who is Sam Weiner?_
a) Psychiatrist and Charley's friend
b) Ticket clerk
c) Station master
d) Charley's brother
_Ans: a) Psychiatrist and Charley's friend_
_Q5. What year does Third Level show?_
a) 1894
b) 1994
c) 2020
d) 1940
_Ans: a) 1894_
_Q6. Which newspaper did Charley see at Third Level?_
a) The World dated June 11, 1894
b) The Times
c) The Hindu
d) New York Times
_Ans: a) The World dated June 11, 1894_
_Q7. Where does Charley want to go?_
a) Galesburg, Illinois
b) Chennai
c) London
d) Mumbai
_Ans: a) Galesburg, Illinois_
_Q8. Why could Charley not get tickets?_
a) He had modern currency not valid in 1894
b) No tickets
c) Station closed
d) No money
_Ans: a) He had modern currency not valid in 1894_
_Q9. What is the twist at end?_
a) Sam himself goes to 1894 Galesburg
b) Charley goes to Galesburg
c) Louisa goes
d) No twist
_Ans: a) Sam himself goes to 1894 Galesburg_
_Q10. What is theme of The Third Level?_
a) Escapism from modern world to peaceful past
b) Train journey
c) Stamp collection
d) Fear of water
_Ans: a) Escapism from modern world to peaceful past_
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CONCLUSION
The story "The Third Level" teaches us that modern world is full of fear, insecurity, worry and stress after World War II. Man wants to escape from reality to peaceful past. Charley imagines Third Level at Grand Central which takes him to 1894 Galesburg, a peaceful town. Psychiatrist Sam says it is waking dream, but at end Sam himself goes to 1894. It shows everyone wants peace of past. The story is about escapism and nostalgia and time travel.
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