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= THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW =

who are byron and mark?
byron and mark are like brothers. they are not related but when mark was young and his parents shot each other mark had no where to go. thats when byrons family stepped in and let mark live with them. Eversince they have been best friends.

= who are the 2 young people byron meets at the hospital? = Byron meets Cathy, the older sister to M&M. Byron also meets Mike, a boy who was beaten up and injured by men on the street.

= what kind of relationship does Bryon have with Charlie? = Bryon used to date charlies younger sister. While they were dating Byron started to become close friends with charlie.after Byron broke up with Charlie's sister,Byron was still friends with charlie. Also charlie ownes a local bar that Byron and Mark stop in to play pool and gamble. = = = what happens at the dance? = While byron was enjoying himself at the dance, Mark decides to go outside and have a beer with curtis. All the sudden a man comes up and starts to aurgue with Curtis. After a while they start a fist fight. Mark tries to step in and break up the figh,until the man comes up and beats him unconcious. = what does byron begin to discover in his private conversations with mark? = Byron dicovers his childhood memories while talking to mark. They talk about how they would read cowboy stories to each other and play fighting games. During there conversation mark and Byron realize that now that they have grown older many things have changed. They relize that what was important then was not important now. "that was then,this is now." = what happened to charlie? How do Mark and Byron feel about it? = Charlie was trying to help mark and byron get out of a fight. charlie stepps in and shoots the two men who were trying to beat up Mark and Byron. Sadly Charlie was shot in the head and died. Mark and Byron are devistated because Charlie was a very close friend to them and now he has past.

= What do Mark and Cathy think of each other? = Mark and cathy like each other a lot. they are good friends, but they dont wanna date because,Cathy and Byron are dating. = What happens to Angela? why? = Mark cuts off all of angela's hair after she had fallen asleep. He did this because of what happened between Byron and Her. Also Mark does not like her because she complains and is obnoxious.

= What does Byron discover about his good friend Mark? = in chapter seven, Byron begins to relize how much money Mark is brining home. Byron thinks that Mark is Playing poker and gambling. Unfortunetaly that is not the case.

= What Happens to Byron at Terry Jones House? How does his attitude change? = Byron is beaten by two sheperds. This happened because Mark had cut off angela's hair. this changes his attitude because he realizes that life is not always about fighting. He also relizes that revenge just causes more trouble.

= What happens to M&M in chapter nine? Why does that move Byron? = In chapter nine M&M runns away to a hippie house. while spending his time there he decides to take a powerful drug called LSD. This drug is Powerful and affects the mind. This moves Byron because he realizes that his friend may never be the same again.

= What shocking discovery does Byron make in Marks bedroom? What does he do? = Byron ran out of cigerettes one night and decides to grab the extra box under marks bed. When Byron reaches under he descovers pill bottles. Knowing Mark all his life, he knows that he wouldnt take them but he would sell them for money. Byron realizes that these pills are the same ones that destroyed M&M. Fealing anger Byron makes a rash decision to call the authorities. In the result of Byron's action,Mark is taken to jail until his trial. Mark and Byron's freindship is never the same. = = = How does Bryon’s relationship with his friends and his attitude toward life completely change? = Byron and Mark's Relationship is never the same. Byron also discovers that he has no feelings for Cathy anymore. Byron's attitude changes because he relizes that life is not about fights or revenge its about moving foward.

= = = How does Bryon feel at the end of the book? = At the end of the book, Byron has completly Moved on from Cathy. Also he has a change of attitude and goes back to work at the food store.Byron goes and meets Mark in jail. Mark does not want anything to do with Byron and never forgives him. M&M is still improving and is currently off drugs. Byron has a complete Change of attitude towards life. = What do you think about this book and what life message does it teach? = In My personal Opion i thoght the book was inspiring and very moving. I feel this book teaches the leason to move forward and stop living as a child. Life can be hard sometimes,But you need to move on and be an adult. Also this book teaches that violence is not the anwser,,,ever!! Althouh i had to re-read some parts because i felt the book was confusing i really did enjoy it.