Would Charley ever go back to the ticket-counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
What do you infer from Sam’s letter to Charley?
‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry, and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other ways in which this is done. What do you think of the human tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future?
You have read ‘Adventure’ by Jayant Narlikar in Hornbill Class XI. Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the two stories.