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

1. Byron and Mark are bestfriend but are really like brothers to eachother. Mark lives with Byron because his parents killed eachother in an argument. 2. Byron meets Cathy who is M&M's sister and Mike who is a patient who was injured because he tried to help someone out. 3. Charlie is a really good friend to Byron but to me his is sort of like a big brother to Byron. 4. At the dance Ponyboy Curtis and some other kid get into a fight and the kid tries to hit Ponyboy witha broken bottle of beer and at that moment Mark tried to break up the fight and gets hit is the head with the bottle causing him to start bleeding from his head. 5. In Byron's private conversations with Mark he discover that they were growing apart. 6. Charlie was killed while he was trying to save Mark and Byron. Byron feels that it is his fault and Mark feels that it is not his or Byrons fault and its just that Charlie was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 7. I dont think they like eachother at all.Mark is feeling jealous because Byron is spending so much time with Cathy and not him. 8. Mark cuts off Angel's hair because she set up Ponyboy Curtis and Mark got hurt while trying to break up the fight that Angel set up. 9. In chapter 7 Byron discovers why everybody liked Mark and wanted to be his friends.He also discovers that they are starting to grow apart 10. At Terry Jones' house Byron gets beat up by Angel's brother because of Mark cutting her hair. His attitude changes because he feels the way Mike did he was not mad at the Shepard's for what they did and did not want to get back at them. 11. In chapter 9 M&M is found at the free-love place and is taken home. 12.Byron finds drugs under marks bed and calls the cops on Mark. 13. Byrons relationship with his friend completly changes and it seems that he has no friends anymore and it seems like he is very depressed and nothing can brighten up his day. 14. At the end of the book Byron is depressed and has no friends. 15. I liked everything in this book except the ending.If i was Byron i wouldnt have told on Mark because i understood that he was doing wat he had to do to support his family. The message in this book is that doing the right thing isnt always the right thing to do and thats why Byron seems terrible at the end of the book.