1987 AP Essay 1

     George Elliot finds that old leisure and comp temporary leisure vary immensely. Old Leisure is calm and and  time is spent alone to be productive. The new leisure she describes is actively involved in the surroundings.
     Old leisure, she describes it as a calm and passive activity. One who partakes in old leisure does the simple things as in reading a newspaper or is content in not knowing the reasons why something occurs. He refers to old leisure, different from modern standards "he never went to Exeter Hall or heard a popular preacher.." This describes old leisure as learning from texts, or learning by yourself, not being exposed to the outside as much.
     Contemporary leisure is not passive, it is more involved in preaches or in the hall of Exeter. Montaigne said, "book learning is the worst kind of learning." meaning that it is better to learn from another individual than it is to learn from a book. Being actively involved and participated serves as a better learning source and is considered the new leisure due to the changing times with new advances.
     The main difference between current and old leisure, is one is more passive, learning from books and to one's self while modern leisure involved more interactions with others and surroundings.