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.
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?
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?
Would Charley ever go back to the ticket counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?
‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?
What does the third level refers to?
You have read ‘Adventure’ by Jayant Narlikar in Hornbill Class XI. Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the two stories.
Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?
What kind of a person was Evans?
It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?
What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?
Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?
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.
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
‘Take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves.’ What is the relevance of this statement in the context of the Antarcticenvironment?
What did the royal infant grow up to be?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
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 will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?
Is there any film you have seen or novel you have read with a similar theme?
Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the similarities?
While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during wartime, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?