Assume the role of a wage earner in a large American city at the turn-of-the-century. Tell what you do for leisure-time entertainment and tell why these things are attractive to you
What will be an ideal response?
Consider: attendance at a spectator sport like baseball or boxing or a movie; a day at the park with the family; more likely a trip to Coney Island or a similar theme park The point would be to escape some of the harsh reality of a working class life in urban America in the late nineteenth century.
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