Question

do you think the third level was a medium of escape for charlie. why?

Answer 1

Yes, Charley found the third level as a medium of escape because he was suffering from all the modern day insecurities,war,worries and stress caused by todays work and societal culture.He had a fascination for the past...this is visible in his attachment to the stamp album inherited from his grandfather;so his idea of true happiness was already ingrained in his mind as a return to the past.Thus in his mind he has always wanted to go back in time, so he found the third level as a fulfillment of his dream .



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Answer 2

Yes, according to me the third level was a medium of escape for Charlie. Charlie always wanted to move in the past days and romanticized those days. The third level was the place which was somewhere between reality and fantasy. Charlie was so upset and frustrated with modern life and the way of living that he wished to move back in the past. In order to do this, he assumed the presence of the third level into his imagination.