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Chapters 19-21Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 19 Summary
Jonah thinks Angela is crazy. He tries to come up with an excuse to end the meeting, but two fighting men appear from nowhere before Jonah can figure anything out—one of them is JB. He urges the kids to run and tells Angela “we have wronged you in time” (178). Jonah, Chip, and Katherine make a getaway out the room’s window. Right before Jonah goes out, JB warns him to be “[c]areful where you leave anything that could be seen later” (179). The three get their bikes and start for home, but Jonah slams on his breaks before he gets very far.
Chapter 20 Summary
Jonah cannot leave Angela behind. He goes back to the conference room to help her, but she is gone. The room is empty, and the furniture is neat, “as if it had never been knocked off-kilter by struggling men” (182). Out the window, Jonah sees Angela in the parking lot. She takes a step and disappears. Jonah searches the entire library, but there is no sign of JB or the other man. Back outside, Katherine asks if Angela is all right. Jonah does not know, and he thinks “she went into a time warp” (186).
Chapter 21 Summary
Jonah goes to the exact spot where Angela disappeared. He takes the same step, but nothing happens; “before his step and after” are the same (189). Katherine comes up with a plan to call the other survivors and ask if they have had any similar experiences to Chip and Jonah. Jonah agrees, even though the idea sounds crazy. He is shaken by the knowledge that time travel exists.
The three go home and promise to meet up later. Chip calls Jonah’s house in a panic. All the information about the witnesses and survivors is gone from his computer. The two try to puzzle out what could have happened, and Jonah remembers JB’s warning about things that could be seen later. Jonah works out that written records can be viewed by anyone traveling through time. Someone must have read the note Jonah left for his parents that stated all their information was on Chip’s computer. Jonah makes the connection between Angela’s refusal to talk on the phone and things that can be monitored. He tells Chip the theory and says they can’t discuss anything “over the phone” (201).
Chapters 19-21 Analysis
Jonah actively witnesses people appearing and disappearing for the first time in these chapters. The reality of time travel sets his perception of the world askew. Until now, he thought he knew how the world (and time) worked. Things are not as they seemed at all, and Jonah struggles to fit this new information into his existing understanding.
After the meeting with Angela, Jonah finally believes Katherine about JB appearing and disappearing in Reardon’s office. Thus, Jonah’s character arc hits a point-of-no-return here. Up until now, he waffled about what he believed and whether he wanted to be involved. Now, Jonah has seen the impossible and his world is turned up-side-down. He cannot return to being unconcerned, much as he wishes he could.
JB warns Jonah about written records in these chapters. Earlier, JB told Jonah to memorize the information in the file on Reardon’s desk. The consequences of JB not explaining why he specified memorization are felt. The irony of Katherine’s pictures comes into play when all the information is deleted from Chip’s computer. In another moment of irony, the letter Jonah wrote as a safety precaution leads to the files being found. He disclosed that the files were on Chip’s computer without realizing he was putting the information in jeopardy. Jonah thought Angela was crazy because she believes time travel and refused to talk on the phone. He soon came to understand she was right and that he should have been more careful. Again, Jonah’s understanding of the world shifts.
Katherine emerges as the confident one in these chapters. Because she was not adopted and is therefore somewhat distanced from the danger, she is able to think more objectively than either Jonah or Chip. She weathers the storm of impossible things and learns to trust herself and her new information. Jonah grows closer to Katherine in these chapters. He recognizes her ability to stay calm in the midst of uncertainty, and his trust for her increases.
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