Read this excerpt from Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Which line from the excerpt provides historical context?
KATE (Comes out of the kitchen with a glass of
lemonade and one roller skate) A roller skate? On my
kitchen floor? Do you want me dead, is that what you
want?
O Don't hit my skull, I have a concussion.
O Do you want me dead? Is that what you want?
A roller skate? On my kitchen floor?
O No? Then who? Laurie? Aunt Blanche?
EUGENE (Rushes into the house) I didn't leave it there.
KATE No? Then who? Laurie? Aunt Blanche? Did you
ever see them on skates? (She holds out the skate)
Take this upstairs... Come here!
EUGENE (Approaches, holding the back of his head)
Don't hit my skull, I have a concussion.