What do you infer from Sam’s letter to Charley?
Sam’s letter was seemed to be a mystery. The letter was for Charley but it was mailed in 1984 and found in his grandfather’s collection. Charley found the content of letter just like he found about the third level. The instance somewhere shows the medium of escape for Charley. However the first day covers have blank papers in them, but this one contained a letter. We can also infer that maybe the letter was written in the 1984 by Sam to Charley which he is imagining in the present time. And this entire letter was an imagination.
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
What makes Jack feel caught in an uglymiddle position?
Why is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child’s?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
What is the moral issue that the story raises?
There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
You have read ‘Adventure’ by Jayant Narlikar in Hornbill Class XI. Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the two stories.
While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during wartime, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?
We need a new system for the age of ecology - a system which is embedded in the care of all people and also in the care of the Earth and all life upon it. Discuss.
What kind of a person was Evans?
How does Jo want the story to end and why?
Would Charley ever go back to the ticket counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?
What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
What do you think was Jo’s problem?