Brian+D.

=That Was Then, This Is Now By: S.E. Hinton﻿ = = = =1. Bryon and Mark are the main characters in the book. They are sixteen years old and are best friends. Mark lives with Bryon because his parents died. They both like to play pool and hustle people. = = = =2. The two young people Bryon meets at the hospital are Cathy and Mike Chambers. Cathy is M&M's sister and works at the hospital snack bar. Mike Chambers is a kid Bryon's age who is in the hospital because he was beat up. = = = =3. Bryon and Charlie have a trusting relationship. Charlie trusts that Bryon will repay his bill at the bar and even trusts Bryon with his car. Still, Charlie threatens to get Bryon in trouble if he doesn't return them. = = = =4. At the dance, Mark gets hit with a beer bottle while trying to break up a fight between Curtis and another kid. He is taken to the hospital to get stitches in his head. = = = =5. In his private conversations with Mark, Bryon begins to discover that he and Mark think alike. The difference is that Mark says it and Bryon usually doesn't. = = = =6. Charlie is killed while trying to protect Bryon and Mark from two guys they hustled. After this, Bryon feels his life is slowing down, while everyone elses is speeding up. Mark tries to comfort Bryon, saying it was not his fault Charlie was killed. = = = =7. The relationship between Mark and Cathy is not a good one. Mark thinks Cathy is weird because she judges people, and Cathy thinks Mark is obnoxius because he argues with her. = = = =8. Mark cuts off Angel's hair to get even with her after she had a guy try to beat up Curtis at the party. Mark tried to break up this fight, and got hit with a beer bottle and had to get stitches. = = = =9. Bryon begins to discover that Mark hasn't been affected by all the bad things that happened to him. He also realizes that Mark is his best friend and he loves him like a brother. = = = =10. At Terry Jones' house, Bryon is beat up by Curly and Tim Sheppard for cutting Angel's hair off. Mark wants to go beat them up, but Bryon tells him not to because he is sick of getting even with other people. = = = =11. M&M is found at a hippie house high on weed and is rushed to the emergency room. This moves Bryon because he never imagined sweet, gentle M&M would be smoking weed. = = = =12. While looking for a pack of cigarettes under Mark's bed, Bryon discovers a cylinder full of drugs that Mark was selling. Bryon calls the cops and Mark is arrested. = = = =13. Bryon's relationships with his friends change completly because his brother Mark is no longer his friend and he breaks up with Cathy after a long relationship. His attitude towards life changes because he doesn't really care about anything anymore. = = = =14. At the end of the book, Bryon feels really mixed up and confused. He doesn't feel sure of things anymore and wishes he was a kid again so he could have all the answers. = = = =15. I think this book is very sad and has a very powerful message about the effects of drugs. If you take drugs, like M&M, or sell them, like Mark, your life will be effected very dramaticly. = = = = = = = = =