Newsies Setting Analysis
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Newsies Setting Analysis
A Morning on Park Row, 1899
Before sunrise, the streets near Park Row were already stirring. Horse-drawn wagons rattled over the stones, and delivery carts squeezed past people hurrying to work. The air smelled of coal smoke and damp paper. Outside a newspaper office, boys waited for bundles of papers to be unloaded. They had to buy their copies before they could sell them, so a slow morning or a sudden shower could leave them with papers they could not afford to keep. Mateo tucked his coins into his pocket and counted his bundle. His family needed the money he earned. He called the headlines to passing workers, but voices and wagon wheels swallowed his words. A rival seller stood at the next corner, and both boys watched for the same customers. When the newspaper company raised the price the sellers paid for each bundle, Mateo worried that he would keep less of every sale. He looked at the crowded street: alone, he could not change the price. If the sellers joined together, though, their voices might carry farther than any one boy's call.
Analyze the setting
Use evidence from the scene to explain how time and place affect the characters.
- New York City in 1899, before sunrise
- A rural town in the present day
- New York City in 1920, at midday
- A seaside village in 1899, at night
- They may be left with papers they already paid for
- The newspaper office closes for the whole year
- Customers are required to buy every bundle
- The wagons stop carrying people to work
- Wagon wheels and many voices
- A rival seller at the next corner
- A higher bundle price
- Creates competition for customers
- Make it harder for customers to hear a seller
- Can reduce the money a seller keeps
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