S.E. Hinton
Popular Fiction
pages 75-143
Bryon decide she really likes Cathy and finds her to be beautiful, so he decides to take her to a school dance. Mark would've double dated, but he was already going with a group of guys. Bryon picks Cathy up from her house with Charlie's Car, who lent it to him for the night. He is having a great time at the dance until somebody tells him Mark is hurt, Bryon rushes out to the parking lot where Mark and his pals were drinking. Byron finds out that his ex-girlfriend Angela told some stranger to beat up this guy, who turned her down. They were fighting fairly until the guy reached for a bottle then Mark stepped in between them and told them to keep it clean. The guy then decides to hit Mark over the head with it, while his back was turned. Mark was out cold and need 8 stitches, Bryon was really scared and felt that he was going to loss his brother, his best friend. While Mark was sick they began talking about things have changed since they were little and things weren't simple anymore. Bryon's reply was that was then, this is now. After their mom came home Bryon changed his attitude to find a job and started to spend more time with Cathy and less with Mark. Mark also make some cash for them, but no one knows how.
I really believe that the message of this story is expirenced by everyone as they grow up. When people grow up, some of their friends do grow apart. I've had personal expirence where I've grown apart from some of my childhood friends. This is because people develope diffrent intrests and mature at diffrent rates. I believe Bryon is learning to live in the real world and Mark is still holding onto his childhood years.
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