Throughout the novel That Was Then, This Is Now By S.E. Hinton, Bryon, the main character, goes through a metamorphosis and grows apart from his best friend Mark and proves that he is a dynamic character. In the beginning of the book, you see how close Bryon and Mark are and are basically brothers since they live together. They both experience many events that end up changing Bryon but do not Mark. One example of this is when Bryon gets a serious girlfriend named Cathy, who is his friend M&M’s sister. Before dating her, he never cared much for girls and just dated them to date them. He never loved any of his past girlfriends, despite telling them that he did, but Cathy has a bigger impact on him. “‘Yeah, I said,’ because at that moment, I loved