How we cite our quotes: (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #1
All essays will be sent to the National Time Capsule Committee in Washington, D.C. The committee will choose one winning essay to be buried with the National Time Capsule, which will be uncovered one hundred years from now. (1.3)
Before we learn what happened to Tip and J.Lo, we learn about the essay contest; after all, it's the reason Tip sits down to write her story in the first place. We're also aware that the purpose of the essay contest is to put the stories in a time capsule for people to read one hundred years from now. Hmmm… Why a time capsule?
Quote #2
Remember: the capsule will be dug up a hundred years from now, and the people of the future won't know what it was like to live during the invasion. If your essay wins the contest, they'll be reading it to find that out. (1.115)
Her teacher tells Tip that her essay isn't so great because it doesn't give enough specifics. This highlights the fact that people living in 2023 won't know what Moving Day was or remember anything about the Boov invasion, aside from what they read in history books. In other words, over time, people's stories fade away.
Quote #3
If my life were a movie, you could expect that musical montage of scenes right now, the kind lazy directors use to show time passing. You know: there would be a bunch of funny, short clips of Mom and me at the store trying on different outfits, funny hats, and now we're trying to make eggnog, but the lid comes off the blender and the stuff splatters the walls and us, and we're laughing, and now cut to us Christmas caroling outside someone's house, but, whoops! they're Jews, and all the while "Jingle Bell Rock" or something is playing. (2.61)
Going through she story, Tip often pauses and presents time as though this we were in a movie. Why do you think she does this? Why not just tell us "not much happened during that week" or pick up with "a week later"? It certainly makes us think about time more.