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Curtis is a classmate of Bryon and Mark. Initially, Bryon dislikes Curtis because Bryon’s ex-girlfriend Angela broke up with him in order to pursue Curtis. Curtis ignores Angela, however—and one night at a party, Angela convinces a kid to beat up Curtis as revenge. Mark intervenes in the fight and is badly hurt. When Bryon subsequently recognizes that Curtis was oblivious to Angela’s advances, Bryon realizes that he isn’t so bad. At the end of the book, after Bryon stops going out with Cathy, Cathy and Curtis go out together. Curtis is also the protagonist of Hinton’s first novel, The Outsiders.
Ponyboy Curtis Quotes in That Was Then, This Is Now
The That Was Then, This Is Now quotes below are all either spoken by Ponyboy Curtis or refer to Ponyboy Curtis. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8 Quotes
“I don’t want anybody to fight the Shepards.”
“What?”
“I don’t want to keep this up, this getting-even jazz. It’s stupid and I’m sick of it and it keeps going in circles. I have had it—so if you’re planning any get-even mugging, forget it.”
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Ponyboy Curtis Character Timeline in That Was Then, This Is Now
The timeline below shows where the character Ponyboy Curtis appears in That Was Then, This Is Now. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...stand now. Mark says he promised he’d go solo with Terry Jones, Williamson, and Ponyboy Curtis because he thought Bryon would go solo too. Bryon says he doesn’t like Curtis, and...
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Bryon and Cathy meet up with Mark and Curtis, and Bryon is worried that Cathy might want to ditch him for Curtis just like...
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...her. Just to rub it in, Bryon asks if she is at the dance with Curtis (knowing full well that Curtis ignored her advances). Angela calls him a few ugly names...
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...through the night. Later in the evening, they hear a scream in the parking lot. Curtis finds Bryon and shouts that Mark has been hurt, and Bryon shoves his way to...
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...attacked Mark and says that he is going to kill him for what he did. Curtis tells Bryon that he and Mark were sitting on the car, and the kid just...
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...they discharge Mark, Bryon worries about how they’ll get home. Just then, however, Cathy and Curtis arrive at the hospital in Charlie’s car—Curtis had hot-wired it. Bryon starts to admire Curtis,...
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Bryon drives Curtis home and then drops Cathy off at her house. He apologizes to Cathy for how...
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Chapter 4
...Monday, so Bryon goes to school alone. There, everyone is mad at Angela, sympathizes with Curtis, and views Mark as a hero. Bryon feels like he’s standing apart from the rest...
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Chapter 5
...honesty refreshing—particularly after dating Angela—and he appreciates that Cathy is smart. Cathy tells him that Curtis asked her out, but she said she was busy. Bryon is pleased and says that...
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Chapter 11
...family. M&M also tells Bryon that Cathy really liked him, but now she’s dating Ponyboy Curtis. Bryon is unmoved by this news—he hopes that they’ll hit it off together. Bryon is...
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