What was the third level? Where was it situated? (from 'The Third Level' by Jack Finney)

Question

Mandela in his speech says, “The policy of apartheid created a deep and lasting wound in my country and my people.” Explain the significance of the word “wound” as used by Mandela.
(Nelson Mandela – Long Walk to Freedom)

Answer 1

Step 1: Describe it from a psychological angle:
The third level can be understood as Charley's psychological escape route from the stress and insecurity of contemporary life, imagined as a physical place within the station.

Step 2: Final Answer:
It was a supposed hidden level of Grand Central Station that opened into the past (1894), situated, according to Charley, somewhere beyond the station's known first and second levels, symbolising a longing to escape present-day anxieties.

What was the third level? Where was it situated? (from 'The Third Level' by Jack Finney)

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