That Was Then, This Is Now | Themes and Characters
Bryon Douglas, the sixteen-year-old narrator of That Was Then, This Is Now, is caught up in a sequence of events that forces him to question his beliefs and relationships. As he examines his attitudes, he becomes more responsible, less willing to spend time looking for fights or parties, and less tolerant of his friend Mark's noncommittal, unquestioning attitude. Hinton portrays, Bryon as a complex character; sexist, unethical, and often violent, he resembles an anti-hero more than he does a traditional hero. Mark, the novel's other central character, is described in the first...
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