He loved her, but Mark didn't like her that much. Bryon found another girl, Cathy, his friend's, M&M's Bryon already had a girlfriend he gave upon because she really liked Ponyboy, but he paid no attention to her. He was slowly growing apart from Mark, but Mark held on. His family didn't have money, and he needed it badly. He smoked and drank and I tell you I don't like him at all!!! Since Bryan was getting older, he started dating girls, he was in love, and he was searching for a job. He didn't steal like Mark though, but he was a tough guy, he was strict and he had a dirty language. He was the main character, but not nice at all. He was very good stealing, but he was still a very nice guy. He always broke the law, stole other people's cars and rode them without keys. Mark was younger than Bryan, and he was a friendly chap. But that was when they were small, less then 11 years old. They went everywhere together, and of course they loved each other. They were brother, best buddies and inseparable. Mark's parents were fighting a lot, and they killed each other while they were fighting, and Bryon's mum was happy enough to take him.

Bryon was more than overjoyed that he had a buddy he could play with.

Mark was adopted by Bryon's mother when they were both small. Mark has a very important role in the story, and without him, the book wouldn't be called That was Then, This is Now. Like Ponyboy in the Outsiders Bryon tells the story, while Mark is his adopted brother and best mate. Tim Shepard is also there, but there were only a few characters I recognised from the Outsiders. Ponyboy Curtis is in this book too, however he doesn't have an important role. There were no gangs really for the main characters, even though the Socs did still exist and there were the greasers, however the Socs tried to look poor as ever so they didn't look so rich, and the greasers didn't comb there hair back, but had long streaks of hair over their faces. This book is about 16 year old boys, who loved to fight, but the time it took place in was after the Ponyboy's adventure in the Outsiders happened. I really enjoyed reading the outsiders and discussing it, and I thought that any S.E Hinton would have the same style in each book she wrote, and I was right. I chose this book, because it was written by S.E Hinton, the same author that wrote the book The Outsiders.

Author of that was then this is now