Question

(vii)Why did Sam refer to Charley’s hobby of collecting stamps as temporary refuge

from realityin the lesson Third Level​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Even stamps collecting is a temporary refuge from reality. So he talks to his psychiatrist friend Sam about the third level at the Grand Central Station. He terms it as a “ waking-dream wish fulfilment.” ... So the Third Level is indirectly a mode of escape for Charley.