How we cite our quotes: Chapter, Paragraph
Quote #1
I know it's stupid to worry about bumping into Graham. Wagner Park is huge. It stretches along the edge of downtown all the way to the newer subdivision of homes. Graham could be playing Frisbee anywhere. [At prom last weekend, he was all over me. I even missed doing the Macarena with Kellan and Ruby and my other friends]. (1.30)
Nothing says confinement quite like having a boyfriend that you don't want. On the other hand, nothing is more confining than being too afraid to change something. Sure, Emma doesn't like dating Graham, but she's so afraid of taking control and breaking up with him that really she's trapping herself.
Quote #2
"Can you work on it later?" her mom asks. "Marty has to call a client before dinner and he can't do it while you're on the Internet."
"But I'm not done," Emma says. "I don't know if I'll be able to get back to this website again." (2.61-62)
Emma and Josh aren't adults yet, which means they're confined by their parents rules and expectations. So even though they've just discovered Facebook (and their futures), Emma's mom is banging on the door asking them to get offline, and they're going to have to listen.
Quote #3
I, on the other hand, placed fourth in the sixteen hundred and was the second slowest leg of my relay. I'm usually a stronger link, but I'm going on practically no sleep, and my brain is scattered. Before last night I'd never heard of Jordan Jones Jr., and suddenly I'm in a bad marriage to him. (11.1)
Emma has just found out that she ends up with a miserable future. Talk about feeling like there's no way out, right? At this point, she doesn't even feel like there's anything she can do to keep it from happening: She hasn't even met Jordan Jones Jr., but someday she'll fall in love with him and then end up miserable because of it. Bummer.