Tara+M

﻿That Was Then, This Is Now ﻿By: S.E. Hinton

1. Who are Bryon and Mark? Bryon is 16 years old and he feels stealing is wrong, he is also an adopted brother of Mark's and followed Mark in whatever he wanted to do, and Bryon also liked to hustle people. Mark is also a 16 year old boy and he likes to pick pockets and locks, he also like fights, and Marks mom took Bryon in so he wouldn't have to go to a shelter. 2. Who are the two young people Bryon meets at the hospital?The two young people that Bryon meets at the hospital are Cathy who is M&M's sister, and Mike Chambers. Mike Chamber got beaten up by Connie (black girls brother) and his gang even thought he was trying to help her by taking her home. He was kind and sensitive to her fears. 3. What kind of relationship does Bryon have with Charlie?Bryon thought he and Charlie were friends but Charlie wouldn't give him a job. Charlie told Bryon that he could trust him with things but not his words. Although, Bryon was disappointed he respected and looked up to Charlie. 4. What happens at the dance?Bryon and Cathy are having a good time and dancing then Mark got hurt in a fight when somebody was trying to smack Curtis with a broken beer bottle. Bryon comes to the rescue and gets mark to the hospital. 5.What does Bryon begin to discover in his private conversations with Mark?Bryon begins to discover that Mark never accually had a real family and considered Bryon his family. He realized that Mark we upset that he was illegitimate even though he didnt show it, Bryon is feeling that things are changing and perhaps it's the beginning of something new. 6. What happened to Charlie? How do Bryon and Mark feel about it?Charlie was killed saving them from textans. Bryon was devestated and thought it was all his fault. Mark said Charlie knew what he was doing with his shot gun. 7. What do Mark and Cathy think of each other?They are jelous of each other because Cathy doesn't like Mark's attittude and Mark doesn't like Cathy because she is changing Ryan. 8. What does Mark do to Angel? Why?Mark cuts off her hair because Angel hired someone to beat up Curtis but Mark got in the way and he got hurt and was sent to the hospital. 9.In chapter seven, what does Bryon begin to discover about his good friend Mark?Bryon discovers that Mark still wants to be a kid because he thinks nothing bad happens to kids. He also doesn't want to think about the concequences of his actions which an adult would do. However, Bryon thinks that it is time to grow up. Bryon feels a distance growing between he and Mark. 10. What happens to Bryon at Terry Jones' house? How does his attitude change?Tim and Curly shepard beat up Bryon in revenge for cutting off Angel's hair. As a resultof this beating, he decided that he wanted to put an end to the vicious revenge fighting to him and the Shepards. 11. In chapter nine, what happens to M&M? Why does this move Bryon?M&M was on a very bad LDS trip and he was imagining spiders were eating him and Bryon and Cathy decide to take him to the hospital M&M also decided to jump out the window. Because Bryon thought of him as his little brother he felt really bad that M&M wasn't accepted for who he was. 12. What shocking discovery does Bryon make in Mark's bedroom? What does he do?Bryon found a cylinder of pills under Mark's matress. He reilzed then he could of been the result of what happened to M&M and called the police and had him arrested. 13. How does Bryon's relationship with his friends and his attitude toward life completely change?He felt guilty for turning Mark in, so he probably thought he didn't deserve to be happy with Cathy. He pretty much rejected Cathy as a way to punish himself. Which hurt both him and Cathy very much. His mother tried to tell him this when she asked " When are you going to stop getting even with yourself? " His mm knew Cathy wanted to help him, but he wouldn't let her. <span style="background-color: #fc03ed; color: #0aff1a; font-family: impact,charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 32px;">14. How does Bryon feel at the end of the book? Bryon feels guilty because he turned Mark in. He's also sad because Mark was like a brother to him and now they are no longer friends. <span style="background-color: #fc03ed; color: #0aff1a; font-family: impact,charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 32px;">15. What do you think about this book and what life message does it teach?At first I didn't really like this book because i couldn't relate to any of the characters. They are not like anyone i know. However, as I continued to read it I got a little more into it. I was glad to see that maybe Bryon could turn his life around, especially since he had the potential to be a great student. The two main messages I have gotten from this book are : doing the right thing is not always easy and sometimes the choices we make hurt other people, and not to beat up yourself after you have either made a mistake or a tough decisin. In his heart Bryon made a tough decision to help other kids avoid dangerous drugs by turning his best friend in for selling them. Although, Mark would get jail time, Bryon knew he was probably saving lots of confused kids. Because of his decision Mark could not forgive Bryon and wanted nothing to do with him. Sadly, Bryon couldn't forgive himself either and as a result felt he was not entitled to happiness if Mark couldn't be happy too.