Watson's Go To Birmingham Character Analysis

He links M&M condition with Mark selling drugs, which also explains where he has been getting all the money. Bryon ends up calling the cops. When Mark gets home he try’s defend what he’s done, Bryon then realizes that Mark has no sense of right or wrong what so ever. The cops come and take Mark away while he’s asking Bryon why he’s doing this. The next morning Bryon in not sure if what he did was right. He realizes he no longer loves Cathy and grows away from her. Later he testifies against Mark in court. In which his dumbness gets him five years in the state reformatory. Bryon ends up devoting himself to work where he gets a promotion from sack boy to clerk. At the end of the summer Bryon decides to go and see Mark. There he tries to apologize and talks about the good times they had but Mark rejects it saying “that was then, this is now.” Later mark gets sent up the river to the state prison. Bryon says he has lost his ability to care anymore he thinks about the events of the previous year trying to figure out what happened to make these things happen. He wishes he was a kid again when he had all the answers.

It is often said that people never change, and always have the same qualities from when they were born. This is seen in Christopher Pauls Curtisś historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1960, when Kenny asks why Byron is acting so nice and respectful. The dynamic characters in the novel, Kenny and Byron, transform after arriving in Birmingham.

In the novel, That Was Then, This Is Now, by S.E. Hinton, the protagonist, Bryon, is clearly a dynamic character. The book starts off with Bryon and his adopted brother, Mark, being almost identical. They do everything together and are not only brothers but best friends too. Only, Bryon does not stay this way. Throughout this coming-of-age novel, he matures and changes, growing away from Mark. This causes several difficulties between the two boys, as they both must learn to live with the change. This change is distinctly displayed throughout the novel. For one, Bryon’s dynamic character is shown on page 100, where he says, “in the past I thought in terms of ‘we,’ now I was thinking in terms of ‘me.’ ” This quote obviously shows how Bryon is

Bryon, the protagonist in a book called That Was Then, This Is Now, has had girlfriends since he was thirteen, but two particular girls caught his attention. Their names are Cathy and Angela. The author of the book, S.E Hinton, has Bryon compare and contrast Cathy and Angela.

After finding drugs under Mark’s mattress, Bryon realizes that Mark had been earning money through selling drugs. Fueled with rage because of what had just happened with M&M, Bryon reported Mark to the authorities. Bryon had said, “‘We were like brothers,’ I said desperate. ‘You were my best friend-’” This shows how Bryon and Mark's relationship had ended because Bryon had turned Mark in. Bryon now speaks in the past tense while describing their friendship. On the final day that Bryon had visited his best friend, Mark had said, ‘“I didn’t have to see you. I wanted to, though. I had to make sure…’ ‘Make sure I hated you.’” This really hurt Bryon. This made Bryon finally realize, his brother was gone. Mark was no longer his brother. He was just a shadow of what his best friend used to be. Now Bryon also realizes that not even the best of friendships can last

How many changes can one boy go through when growing up? Growing up can be very complicated because parents demand more of older children. These increased expectations are often met by resistance which leads to rebelliousness. Byron Watson, a boy who lives in the time of segregation, is greatly influenced by adults expecting more of him. In the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, Curtis presents the story of a young teenager who struggles in facing the reality that surrounds him. Byron changes his ways to become a caring and responsible boy, even though transitioning can be hard for a boy who is about to become a teenager. Byron changes from uncaring to caring by being more protective. He transforms from obnoxious to respectful by listening to the elders. Lastly, he changes from delinquent to well behaved by not taking chances with Momma and learning his lesson the first time his mom tells him. While Kenny is jawing to Byron, he didn’t know Byron would save his life.

Bryon didn’t make the right decision. Bryon and Mark had been friends since they were kids. They help each other in different situations. They were like brothers more than friends. Friends or family should not turn on each other. Bryon and his mother took in Mark after Mark’s Parent had argument and kill each other. (Hinton, p12). Mark had been living with Bryon and his mother when he was young and they bond through out the years.

Kenny, Byron’s brother, was drowning in the lake that Grandma said “A couple of years ago Miss Thomas’s little boy Jimmy got caught up in some kinda whirlpool there and they didn’t find the poor soul’s body for three days.” Kenny didn’t think that was real and when Kenny was drowning, Byron came and saved him. When Kenny was out the lake, in the book it said, “Byron was shaking like he was getting electrocuted and crying like a baby and kissing the top of my head over and over!” This occasion made Byron feel scared that he might had died which leads to care more for Kenny. Another example of a change was when the bomb happened and Byron had to take caring of Kenny and talk to him about the bomb. In the novel, it mentioned that he was crying and Byron caught him and set Kenny on the floor. This event in the novel made Byron caring about Kenny and made Kenny feel better about the bomb that happened in the Sunday church. This crisis made him be caring and trustworthy which lead to him be able to talk to Kenny.

First, Byron is a Juvenile delinquent in middle school. Bryon is know as the school god at school. Byron wants to be a “cool kid” so he went out and got a conk a type of Mexican hair cut style.

Bryon was right for turning Mark in. Mark’s actions were putting everyone in the house in jeopardy. Mark was keeping the drugs at his and Bryon’s house. Bryon found the drugs in a cylindrical container under marks bed, this same night Bryon’s girlfriend found her brother in a hippie house and they had to take to the hospital because he was in a very bad situation. Bryon was not in his right mind when he called the cops on Mark, he was emotionally unset and honestly wasn’t in the mood to deal

I have a couple of questions about the book that I would like to ask. What would it have been like if Bryon didn’t call the police on Mark? I’m asking this because it seemed like Mark and Bryon were growing farther and farther apart as they got older. Would they still have been best friends forever? I’m also wondering what made Bryon realize he had to do the right thing and call the police on Mark? They had been like brothers their whole entire lives, what was going

Bryon and Mark have different upbringings and that shows who they are as individuals. Bryon has had his mother but Mark didn’t have that parental figure throughout his childhood. Bryon says, “ Mark has lived at my house ever since I was ten and he was nine and his parents shot each other in a drunken argument and my old lady felt sorry for him and took him home to live with us” (Hinton 12). Mark only knew his parents for a short period of time before they died. Bryon’s mother took him in but it still wasn’t the same as if it were his real family. Mark and Bryon grew up in a rough part of town so when Mark would steal, in his mind it was just the right thing to do especially for

Mark had moved in with Bryon and his mother at an early age, due to the fact that his parents had shot each other during an argument (Hinton 115). Mark was the product of a broken home. Mark had no guidance in his early years, which led him to have no sense of right and wrong later in life. The early years of a child can be the most important when it comes to their character. Mark’s early childhood experiences resulted in him being emotionless and dysfunctional.

He got caught up in his own pride so much so that he taught Doodle to walk just so he was not ashamed.“They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices, and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother”(Hurst 3). “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who was possibly not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow”(Hurst 1).Brother did not like having a brother that could not walk. He was so ashamed of Doodle that he had thoughts of killing him by smothering him with a pillow. When he realized that Doodle was actually all there, his hopes were lifted. Then he realized that Doodle could not walk, and that was a bad thing for him in his eyes. It was so bad that he sought out to make sure Doodle will walk one day. Brother’s pride got the best of him, pushing Doodle until he could go no more. Brother helped Doodle be like other kids only because he did not want to be the kid with the crippled brother.All the brother wanted as a normal brother , not crippled, just normal and he got Doodle to where he wanted him to be but just a little too

Bryon is a risky person. Bryon protect his friends and that makes him a risky person. Bryon and his friends went to a dance