That Was Then, This is Now by SE HintonBook Report1. Title: That Was Then… This is Now2. Author: SE Hinton3. Number of pages: 1584. Setting: This Was Then...This Is Now, had several settings but was primarily set in either Charlie the Bartenders bar or Bryon's house in Tusla, Oklahoma. At Charlie's Bar, there is an array of pool tables, lounge chairs and booths, as well as a long bar. It is centered near an alleyway and has a large neon "Charlie's Bar" outside the building. Bryon and Mark usually go there to hang out for a while, get a few free cokes from Charlie, and get people to play pool. Although Bryon and Mark are still underage to be in the bar, Charlie keeps a safe guard watching over them, just in case a police officer or two comes by for a drink. Bryon has a growing IOU fund for Charlie since he gets about two Cokes every time they go to the bar, but Charlie lets it go because they are both good friends. The other main setting of the story is Bryon's house. It is a two-story house where Bryon's mother, brother and Mark reside. Mark lives there because Bryon's mother adopted Mark. Bryon's house is located in a poor neighborhood, where thugs live. Although there are a lot of gang-related people there, Mark and Bryon are good friends with everyone, and nothing bad usually happens in their presence.5. Major Character: The major character in That Was Then… This is Now is Bryon. He likes to push people around at the pool, flirt with girls, drink and smoke cigarettes, and go out with friends. He's had his share of good and bad relationships. One of them was with a girl called Angela. In one of the chapters of That Was Then...This is Now, Angela plots a scheme against one of Angela's other ex-boyfriends, Ponyboy Curtis. Just as he is about to be hit, Bryon's best friend and adopted brother steps in to protect Curtis. He is hurt in the process, and Bryon becomes angry with Angela and takes revenge by shaving her eyebrows and cutting her hair. Bryon has respect for people, and if people bother his crew, those people laugh at them, even though he can be mostly unconcerned about others and what his actions do. The most important lesson he learns in the book is that everything and everyone changes over time, just like his childhood best friend who he thought he knew, but over time he slowly faded away to become a completely different person..