If you "capture a moment in time" you have successfully created something that expresses what you and your fellow humans were passionate about or interested in during that time.
There were so many amazing plans going through my head for the for the large amounts of money I would soon be making I thought, as I ran as quickly as I could.
When trying to convey the thoughts and feelings of immigrant laborers in the early 20th century, it would be best to read a narrative type of passage, due to the story.
